sentences:  In the 1860, 1880, and 1900 Federal Censuses, he was listed as having been born in Tennessee (as were his parents in the latter two censuses).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.