States Rights Gist
States Rights Gist | |
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Photo taken between 1862 and 1864 | |
| Born | September 3, 1831 |
| Died | November 30, 1864 (aged 33) |
| Place of burial | |
| Allegiance | United States Confederate States |
| Branch | South Carolina South Carolina militia Confederate States Army |
| Service years | 1856–61 (S.C. Militia) 1861–64 (CSA) |
| Rank | Brigadier General (S.C. Militia) Brigadier General (CSA) |
| Conflicts | American Civil War |
States Rights Gist (September 3, 1831 – November 30, 1864) was a lawyer and militia general in South Carolina, and later a Confederate Army brigadier general during the American Civil War. He gained prominence during the war but was killed at the Battle of Franklin on November 30, 1864. Gist was named after the Southern states' rights doctrine of nullification, reflecting the political beliefs of his father, Nathaniel Gist, a follower of John C. Calhoun.