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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.

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Walter Cisco served in the U.S. Army for three years, seeing action in Vietnam. He is the recipient of the Army commendation Medal and was a captain in the South Carolina State Guard. A lifelong student of the War Between the States, Cisco has spent last decades researching and writing on topics related to this period in Americais history. His articles have appeared in the Confederate Veteran, Civil War, and Southern Partisan. He is a current resident of Orangeburg, South Carolina. Walter Cisco served in the U.S. Army for three years, seeing action in Vietnam. He is the recipient of the Army commendation Medal and was a captain in the South Carolina State Guard. A lifelong student of the War Between the States, Cisco has spent last decades researching and writing on topics related to this period in Americais history. His articles have appeared in the Confederate Veteran, Civil War, and Southern Partisan. He is a current resident of Orangeburg, South Carolina.

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