Adley Hogan Gladden (September 28, 1810 – April 12, 1862) was lieutenant colonel and second commander of the Palmetto Regiment of South Carolina volunteers during the Mexican–American War and a brigadier general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. He impressed General Braxton Bragg after defending Pensacola from Union Army bombardment and after a brief assignment at Mobile, Alabama, he was brought to Corinth, Mississippi, to command a brigade in the Army of Mississippi. He was mortally wounded at the Battle of Shiloh. Early life Adley Hogan Gladden was born on October 28, 1810, in the Fairfield District of South Carolina. In 1830, he became a cotton broker in Columbia, South Carolina. He served in the Florida War or Second Seminole War. He was appointed postmaster of Columbia, South Carolina, by President John Tyler. Mexican–American War In the Mexican–American War, Gladden was a major and then, as lieutenant colonel, commander of the Palmetto Regiment of South Carolina volunteers. After the death of its colonel and lieutenant-colonel while storming the Mexican works at the Battle of Churubusco, Gladden became lieutenant colonel and commander of the regiment. He led the Palmetto Regiment in the assault upon the Belen Gate at the Battle of Mexico City, where he also was severely wounded. Gladden moved to New Orleans, Louisiana, after the war. American Civil War On January 25, 1861, Gladden accepted appointment as lieutenant colonel of the 1st South Carolina Infantry Regiment, but soon resigned to become a member of the Louisiana secession convention. After the convention ended, he became colonel of the 1st Louisiana Infantry Regiment (Regulars) and took the regiment to Pensacola, Florida. On September 30, 1861, he was commissioned brigadier general and assigned to command of a brigade, including the 1st Louisiana Infantry Regiment, of which future brigadier general Daniel Weisiger Adams then became colonel. He was in command of his brigade during the bombardment of the Confederate forts at Pensacola harbor, and General Braxton Bragg expressed thanks for the able support Gladden provided. From December 22, 1861, to January 27, 1862, he was commander of the Army of Pensacola. Subsequently, General Bragg, expressing a desire to form a brigade of regiments which should set an example of discipline and official excellence, said, "I should desire General Gladden to command them." On January 27, 1862, Gladden was transferred to Mobile, Alabama, until March 9, 1862, and then to