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Posted on 10/30/2004 11:54:08 PM PDT by snippy_about_it
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 CSA Brigadier-General States Rights Gist was a descendant of that gallant Marylander, Gen. Mordecai Gist, who distinguished himself at the battle of Camden in 1780, and at the Combahee in 1782, and subsequently resided at Charleston, at his death leaving two sons who bore the names of Independent and States. At the organization of the army of South Carolina early in 1861, States R. Gist was assigned to the position of adjutant and inspector general, in which capacity he rendered valuable service in the preparation for the occupation of Charleston harbor and the reduction of Fort Sumter.  He went to Virginia as a volunteer aide to General Bee, and at the critical moment in the first battle of Manassas, when Gen. J. E. Johnston rode to the front with the colors of the Fourth Alabama at his side, Beauregard relates that "noticing Col. S. R. Gist, an aide to General Bee, a young man whom I had known as adjutant-general of South Carolina, and whom I greatly esteemed, I presented him as an able and brave commander to the stricken regiment, who cheered their new leader, and maintained under him to the end of the day, their previous gallant behavior." Gist was wounded in this action, but he subsequently he resumed his duties as adjutant-general, organizing South Carolina troops for the war, until in March, 1862, he was commissioned brigadier-general in the Confederate service, and ordered to report to General Pemberton, then in command of the department. He was after this on duty on the South Carolina coast, in command east of James island in June, on that island from July; temporarily in command of the first district, and in December, 1862, in command of the troops ordered to the relief of Wilmington, until May, 1863, when he was ordered to take command of a brigade and go to the assistance of General Pemberton in Mississippi. Reaching Jackson his command formed part of the troops under J. E. Johnston, took part in the engagement of May 14th at Jackson, marched to the Big Black river just before the surrender of Vicksburg, and then returning to Jackson was besieged by Sherman.  His brigade comprised the Forty-sixth Georgia, Fourteenth Mississippi and Twenty-fourth South Carolina, the Sixteenth South Carolina soon afterward being substituted for the Mississippi regiment, and was assigned to the division of Gen. W. H. T. Walker. He fought gallantly at Chickamauga, commanding during part of the battle Ector's and Wilson's brigades, his own brigade being led by Colonel Colquitt, and on Sunday commanding Walker's division. At an important stage of the fight Gen. D. H. Hill called for Gist's brigade for dangerous duty, in the performance of which it suffered severely. He continued in conspicuous and valuable service; during the battle of Missionary Ridge commanded Walker's division, and throughout the Atlanta campaign of 1864 was identified with that division. After the fall of General Walker he was transferred to Cheatham's division, which he commanded for some time during the fall campaign of that year.   Civil War Confederate Brigadier General. Although his grave marker spells his middle name as Right, most period references show it as Rights. Appointed Brigadier General on March 20, 1862, he fought at Chickamauga and the Atlanta campaign. Fighting for the principles of his namesake, he was one of six Confederate general killed while in the doomed Confederate attack at the November 1864 Battle of Franklin, Tennessee. Cause of death: Killed in battle At the terribly destructive battle of Franklin, Tenn., he was one of the noblest of the brave men whose lives were sacrificed. Attended by Capt. H. D. Garden and Lieut. Frank Trenholm, of his staff, he rode down the front, and after ordering the charge and waving his hat to the Twenty-fourth, rode away in the smoke of battle, never more to be seen by the men he had commanded on so many fields. His horse was shot, and he was leading the right of the brigade on foot when he fell, pierced through the heart.  States Rights Gist was born in Union District S.C. on September 3, 1831. He attended what later became the University of South Carolina and Harvard. In Union, Gist practiced law and became involved in politics and the militia. He was a brigadier in the militia prior to the war and served as Inspector General of the State of South Carolina after secession. His brother Joseph was also a Brigadier of the militia and was a Major in the Fifteenth South Carolina. His cousin, William Henry Gist, was Governor of the State of South Carolina during the war. Governor Gist's son, William Murena was also major of the Fifteenth and was killed in action at Knoxville. Gist war service began at First Manassas when he assumed command after the death of General Barnard Bee. He was promoted to Brigadier on March 20, 1862 and assigned to service in South Carolina. He took a brigade to Wilmington during the crisis there and then went to Mississippi with the unit that would bear his name. Gist was wounded at Chickamauga and rendered valuable service in the retreat from Missionary Ridge. Wounded again in the Atlanta campaign, his brigade was attached to John C. Brown's Division for the invasion of Tennessee. He was killed leading his troops forward after having been wounded at Franklin. He is buried at Trinity Episcopal with his friend, Bishop/General Ellison Capers.      |
Thanks alfa6.
If kerry wins we're in double trouble, for the country and for us personally as capitalists!
Slow but sure. Won't be long now before Sam and I get in there for our build-out. Hopefully by this Thursday!
Yeah, she spends money on stuff we don't get to keep(hopefully) and I get to spend money on stuff we do get to keep. :-)
Anyway, my wife is big into attracting hummingbirds and butterflies to our backyard through her horticulture talents. I've built a couple of bird houses (not bad) but I'd rather play golf. Am I correct in assuming that you and Sam will have an on-line catalog so I can be one of your first virtual customers? Actually, if you have a 800 number on your website, I could just call and talk. Cool?
I'm very excited for you and know it will be a success and I'm serious about making a purchase. I promise not to write a bad check. ;^)
Tell Sam a wise person once said, "It's all in the marketing."
Night!
That's true. Our correct roles are defined as they should be, though I am fond of the ladder and broom. ;-)
Hi w over w. It is called Wild Bird Center, so wild bird was correct. We've heard though that lots of folks seem to think that means we sell birds...but then they wouldn't be wild would they?
We will sell butterfly houses too, and bat houses. We will eventually have a website. There is a website for the home office in Maryland but the profit would go to the store closest to you or the home office so don't order from there. LOL.
We will eventually have a website and 800 number but we have to get the doors open and see how we do first. Don't want to spend all our money up front just to be safe.
We'll let you know and thanks for the kind words.
Kerry has raked in the endorsements of Osama bin Laden, Walter Cronkite, Helen Thomas, The China Daily Star, and Chelsea Hubbell-Clinton.
1950 Jane Pauley Indianapolis Indiana, newscaster leftist shill
from Sixteen Steps to Becoming a Better Communist
14. Throw out all clothing. The only approved state clothing are the uniform T-Shirts found at the State Store. We are all equal, and we must look that way.
This would explain why all the women in Cambridge in 1970 looked like John Lenin in their pocket T-shirts and round steel glasses.
The Wild Bird Center looks sensational--just need the signage to prevent avian injury, e.g., Birds Use Entrance At Left by Parking.
We've got a large contingent of Mourning Doves for the Defense of Marriage, altogether with hordes of House Finches, a squirrel and a skunk.
All by way of widescreen tv for nine cats.
The bin Laden tape in its entirety is a bleating boohoo complaining that "his terror organization has been hurt by the U.S. military's unrelenting manhunt for him and his cohorts on the Afghan-Pakistan border."
While Kerry and his stooges produce commercials to the effect that Bush's rush to war with sloppy planning has been a recruiting bonanza for bin Laden--
In my view, more a Roach Motel or Mosquito Magnet.
This would explain why all the women in Cambridge in 1970 looked like John Lenin in their pocket T-shirts and round steel glasses.
You mean like this?
The Wild Bird Center looks sensational--just need the signage to prevent avian injury, e.g., Birds Use Entrance At Left by Parking.
We have a plan to distract the birds by putting feeders up in the area. ;-)
The bin Laden tape in its entirety is a bleating boohoo complaining that "his terror organization has been hurt by the U.S. military's unrelenting manhunt for him and his cohorts on the Afghan-Pakistan border."
While Kerry and his stooges produce commercials to the effect that Bush's rush to war with sloppy planning has been a recruiting bonanza for bin Laden--
The strange thing is, I'll believe what bin Laden says over anything Kerry would say.
LOL. If they would have let us call it The Sam and Snippy Store there would have been no confusion. :-)
BTTT!!!!!!!
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