Charles M. Shelley

Charles Miller Shelley (December 28, 1833 – January 20, 1907) was a brigadier general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War and a late Reconstruction era U.S. Representative from Alabama.

Early life Shelley was born in Sullivan County, Tennessee. He moved with his father to Selma, Alabama, in 1836. He received limited schooling, but showed an aptitude for architecture. He became an architect and builder in the 1850s.

Shelley returned to Birmingham, Alabama. He engaged in promoting the industrial interests of that region until his death in that city. He was interred in Oak Hill Cemetery, Talladega, Alabama.