Taken from Savage's Republic County History of 1901.
N. E. Giles enlisted February 1, 1861 at Newport, barracks Kentucky, and was enrolled as a private in Battery G., 4th U.S. Artillery: was in the West Virginia campaign in 1861 under General Rosecrans and McClellan; was wounded at Greenbrier, West Virginia, and again at Malvern Hill and again at Ringgold, Georgia, this time severely. Took part in 57 engagements including Gettysburg and Antietam; was employed in secret service of the government about 18 months; was mustered out and honorably discharged from the Battery at Bridgeport, Alabama, February, February 1, 1864, was discharged from the secret service at Washington D. C., September 11, 1865, having served, in all, a little over four years and a half.
Ransom Henry Gile also saw army service in the Civil War.
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