Raynors HCA 2018-03
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SHELLEY, Charles Miller (1833-1907) was a brigadier general in the Confederate States Army and a postbellum U.S. Representative from Alabama. With the outbreak of the Civil War, Shelley first entered the Confederate Army in February 1861 as a first lieutenant and was stationed first at Fort Morgan. Afterward, he was attached to the 5th Alabama Infantry and rose through the ranks to be commissioned as a brigadier general. Of the 1,100 men of Cantey's Brigade he led at Franklin, 430 were left on the field. General Hood has said that the strategy of General Shelley saved Stewart's corps from capture. James Shelley, Lieutenant Colonel of the 10th Alabama, killed at Petersburg, was a brother of General Shelley. Autograph Letter Signed “C.M. Shelley” 1pp. quarto, December 26, 1885, pertaining to an appointment of Colonel M.L. Woods. Fine condition. Colonel Michael L. Woods commanded the 46th Alabama and was captured at Champions Hill during the Vicksburg campaign.
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