author
L. B. Giles
b. 1841
A Texas Civil War veteran turned his own wartime memories into a compact, firsthand account of one of the Confederacy’s best-known cavalry units. His surviving book offers readers a direct, personal window into the history and legend of Terry’s Texas Rangers.
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Terry's Texas Rangers
by L. B. Giles
About the author
Born in Texas in 1841, L. B. Giles was Leonidas Banton Giles, best known as the author of Terry's Texas Rangers. Library and archive records for that 1911 book identify him as Leonidas B. Giles and give his birth year as 1841.
Giles wrote from experience. Booksellers and catalog records describing Terry's Texas Rangers note that he served in the 8th Texas Cavalry, the famous Terry Rangers, during the American Civil War, and that he was wounded at the Battle of Rowlett's Station, the same fight in which Colonel Benjamin Franklin Terry was killed.
Little biographical material about him is readily available beyond those core facts, but his book has lasted because of its firsthand perspective. Short and vivid, it remains of interest to readers looking for a veteran's own view of the regiment's campaigns and reputation.