States Rights Gist

States Rights Gist
Photo taken between 1862 and 1864
Born	(1831-09-03)September 3, 1831 Union, South Carolina, US
Died	November 30, 1864(1864-11-30) (aged 33) Franklin, Tennessee
Place of burial	Trinity Episcopal churchyard Columbia, South Carolina
Allegiance	United States Confederate States
Service / branch	South Carolina South Carolina militia Confederate States Army
Years of service	1856–61 (S.C. Militia) 1861–64 (CSA)
Rank	Brigadier General (S.C. Militia) Brigadier General (CSA)
Battles / wars	American Civil War Battle of Jackson Battle of Secessionville Battle of Chickamauga Chattanooga Campaign Atlanta Campaign Second Battle of Franklin †

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.