GIST, States Rights

Affiliation:  Union

Born: September 3 1831, Union Dist. SC

Died: November 30 1864, Franklin TN

Pre-War Profession: Lawyer, Brig. Gen. in South Carolina militia.

War Service: 1861 Adjutant and inspector general of state troops, Fort Sumter, aide to Gen. Bee at First Manassas, March 1862 Brig. Gen., South Carolina coastal defenses, J E Johnston's relief expedition to Vicksburg, commanded Walker's Divn/Reserve Corps at Chickamauga, Chattanooga, commanded Gist's Bde/Walker's Divn in Atlanta campaign, commanded Gist's Bde/Brown's Divn at Franklin (k).

Post War: Gist was shot in the chest while leading his brigade in a charge against U.S. fortifications at the Battle of Franklin on November 30, 1864. Gist was first struck by bullets in his thigh but refused to leave the battlefield. He was then fatally wounded by a .58 caliber bullet to his right lung.