States Rights Gist: A South Carolina General of the Civil War

Cisco, Walter Brian

ISBN 10: 0942597281 / ISBN 13: 9780942597288

Published by White Mane Publishing Company, Inc., Shippensburg, Pennsylvania, U.S.A., 1991

About this Item

Black & white photos, illustrations, maps. Previous owner's name and address sticker on front endpaper. Otherwise, overall, in very good condition. 198 pages including index. Uncommon.

Seller Inventory # 12553

Bibliographic Details

• Title: States Rights Gist: A South Carolina General of the Civil War
• Publisher: White Mane Publishing Company, Inc., Shippensburg, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
• Publication Date: 1991
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0942597281
• ISBN 13: 9780942597288
• Binding: Cloth
• Edition: First Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

Named States Rights Gist by his father, the Harvard Law School graduate went on to become a Confederate general despite his lack of formal military training. This biography fills in the outline of Gist that other historians have left incomplete. His brilliant performance in high command led him to become a militia general at the age of twenty-four. He participated in the first shots at Fort Sumter and lead the charge at Franklin, Tennessee, dying gallantly in the process. In the interim, he was a combat leader at First Manassas, Chickamauga, Chattanooga, and the Atlanta campaign.

From the Back Cover

"An excellent biography of a lesser-known Confederate general. . . . This book gives us an interesting overview of how an untrained politician becomes an effective military leader."
--Library Journal

"Cisco's States Rights Gist is a perfect match for the man, who has deserved a good biography and has one at last."
--William C. Davis, author of Jefferson Davis: The Man and His Hour

"The great strength of Cisco's book is the author's exemplary story-telling abilities. His clear, evocative explanations of the political and social psychology of the antebellum South are superb. Cisco is a major new talent."
--Charleston (SC) Post and Courier