Valerius Cincinnatus Giles

(1842 - 1915)
Home State: Texas
Branch of Service: Infantry
Unit: 4th Texas Infantry

Before the Antietam Campaign:
He was in Company B.

The remainder of the War:
He was promoted Sergeant at Gettysburg in July 1863.

References, Sources, and other notes:
Basic information from Davis 1, which has him as Val C. Giles. Memoir in the Confederate Veteran (15, 417) puts him at Sharpsburg. Life dates from his gravesite on Findagrave. The photo here from one taken in 1861 and published in Voices2. Giles' memoirs were published in 1961 by editor Mary Lasswell as Rags and Hope: Four Years with Hood’s Brigade, Fourth Texas Infantry, 1861-1865.

More on the Web:
See a very fine post from Andy Hall about Val at Christmas 1861 in Fredericksburg. Thanks also to Andy for Val's full name and pointer to his picture.

Birth Date: 01/26/1842 Place of Birth: Shelby County, TN
Death Date: 01/31/1915 Death Place: Austin, TX Burial Place: Oakwood Cemetery, Austin, TX

Notes

1 Davis, Rev. Nicholas A., The Campaign from Texas to Maryland, Houston: Telegraph Book and Job Establishment, 1863, pp. 150 - 152 [AotW citation 1669]

2 Woodhead, Henry, editor, Voices of the Civil War: Soldier Life, Alexandria (Va): Time-Life Books, 1996 [AotW citation 9454]

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