Spalding (December 11, 1846 – 1929) was a Confederate Civil War veteran and tobacco farmer who lived in Charles County, Maryland.
He was born at Pleasant Hill Plantation, which had been in his family for two hundred years and died at Green Park nearby.
A native of Maryland, Spalding fought from 1862-1865 in the American Civil War in the name of the Confederacy after escaping from school to join "the Great Adventure".
After returning to his home state, he married and took on a simple lifestyle as a father to his children, husband to his wife, and a farmer.