Wyles enlisted as a private in Co. E of the 14th VA Infantry, the Clarksville Blues, on May 12, 1861. he was badly wounded on July 1, 1862 at the Battle of Malvern Hill, necessitating the amputation of his arm. Records indicate he was on disability furlough in Mecklenburg County, VA at least through the summer of 1864 when the records end.
A resident of Mecklenburg County, Wyles attended R-MC from 1865 until the college moved to Ashland, VA in the fall of 1868. Shortly after, he moved to Harrison County, KY, where he was a teacher until 1879. In 1878, he came the county school commissioner and he became a farmer after leaving teaching. Wyles died November 2, 1902 and is buried in Beaver Baptist Cemetery in Cynthiana, KY.
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