Charles Gloyd was the first husband of Carry Nation who went on to found The Women's Temperance Union and was a Civil War vet! What regiment did he serve in Union or Confederate? He was a heavy drinker, addicted to the bottle before war broke out and driven deeper by his terrifying experiences under fire according to Eric Burns' book THe Spirits of America/ A Social HIstory of Alcohol. He showed up in an inebriated state at the nuptials and was a mean and violent drunk and collapsed dead just six months after the marriage!