Capt. Leonidas Banton Giles

Captain Lee Giles was an Attorney and active in politics in Travis County, Texas during his lifetime. The Eight Texas Calvary was known as Texas Texas Rangers. With the exception of Hood's Texas Brigade, the Eighth Texas Cavalry was probably the best-known Texas unit to serve in the Civil War. It earned a reputation that ranked it among the most effective mounted regiments in the western theater of operations. He published a book chronicling his time served. [https://archive.org/details/terrystexasrange00gile/page/n6]

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[https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/qke02]EIGHTH TEXAS CAVALRY [TERRY'S TEXAS RANGERS].

Biography

Captain Lee Giles, Terry's Texas Rangers was born on October 2, 1841, in Grimes Co or Travis Co, Republic, of, Texas, USA.

Leonidas married Anne Watson Giles in 1867. Together they had the following children:

• Allen Battle Giles;
• Banton White Giles;
• Adeline May Giles;
• Campbell Battle Giles;
• Bessie Battle Traylor;
• Annie Lee Giles.

He died on June 12, 1922, in Laredo, Webb, Texas, USA, and was buried in Manor Cemetery, Manor, Travis, United States.

[https://archive.org/details/terrystexasrange00gile/page/n6] [https://www.loc.gov/item/11017835/] Library of Congress

Book/Printed Material Terry's Texas Rangers, About this Item

Title

   Terry's Texas Rangers, Contributor Names

   Giles, Leonidas B., 1841-  Created / Published

   [Austin, Tex., Von Boeckman-Jones co., printers, c1911]  Subject Headings

   -  United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Regimental histories--Texas Cavalry--8th 

   -  Texas Cavalry.--8th Regiment, 1861-1865  Notes

   -  Also available in digital form. 

[https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/qke02] Texas Online- Biography

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