The first time I came accross the name States Rights Gist in the Shelby Foote books, I re-read the sentence half a dozen times, thinking it was a misprint. Then a friend explained to me that in the 1820s-1840s sectionalism, federalism and polycentricism were on the minds of many folks, especially southerners.
Walter Brian Cisco recently published a full-leng biography on Wade Hampton and I was happy to see the box from the History Book Club on Friday. Cisco has also written a biography on Gist, titled States Rights Gist: A South Carolina General of the Civil War.
good post - thanks
The first time I heard it was while watching something on the History Channel. I thought I was hearing things, huh?... what?, then I thought it must be a nickname and immediately headed for the computer to google it. Pretty cool I thought and just had to find enough to do a thread on him.
I'd love to get the book on him, perhaps the library will have it. Thanks for fallin in today sbc.
I had to do a double take the first time I saw the name too. Thought it was a nckname like "Stonewall".