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    		• Brewster, George Thomas,
     
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    		• Gorham Manufacturing Company,
     
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    		• History -- United States
     
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    		• Portrait male -- Gist, States Rights
     
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    		• Occupation -- Military
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Mississippi -- Vicksburg
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Brig. Gen. States Rights Gist, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Brewster, George Thomas, 1862-1943, sculptor.
    Gorham Manufacturing Company, founder.
    Title: 
    Brig. Gen. States Rights Gist, (sculpture).
    Other Titles: 
    Brigadier General States Rights Gist, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    Dedicated 1915.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image
    Medium: 
    Bust: bronze; Base: Winnsboro polished dark grey granite; Foundation: concrete.
    Dimensions: 
    Bust: approx. 52 x 36 x 36 in.; Base: approx. 72 x 44 x 44 in.
    Inscription: 
    (Side of plinth:) GEO. T. BREWSTER Sc (Other side of plinth:) GORHAM CO. FOUNDERS (Metal plaque on front of plinth:) BRIG.GEN.C.S.ARMY/STATES RIGHTS GIST (Plaque on front of base, raised:) STATES RIGHTS GIST/BRIG.GENERAL C.S.ARMY/COMMANDING BRIGADE/WALKER'S DIVISION/JOHNSTON'S ARMY/BRIG GEN.C.S.ARMY MAR 20, 1862/KILLED IN BATTLE, NOV. 30, 1864 signed Founder's mark appears.
    Description: 
    Bust of Brigadier General States Rights Gist in uniform. The front of the plinth and base have inscribed plaques.
    Subject: 
    History -- United States -- Civil War
    Portrait male -- Gist, States Rights -- Bust
    Occupation -- Military -- General
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Mississippi -- Vicksburg
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Washington, District of Columbia
    Administered by Vicksburg National Military Park, 3201 Clay Street, Box 349, Vicksburg, Mississippi 39180
    Located Vicksburg School, Confederate Avenue, Vicksburg, Mississippi
    Remarks: 
    Brigadier General States Rights Gist commanded a brigade of the Confederate Army during the Vicksburg campaign. He was later killed at the Battle of Franklin on Nov. 30, 1864. Sited on former property of Vicksburg National Military Park. Erected by the federal government. The monument is on the National Park Service List of Classified Structures (LCS no. 03318). IAS files contain a copy of the LCS report form. Bronze bust cost $575 and base cost $208.91 paid by Federal Government.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Mississippi survey, 1993.
    National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, MS7002, 1989.
    Vicksburg National Military Park, 1988.
    Illustration: 
    Image on file.
    Note: 
    The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide.
    Repository: 
    Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012
    Control Number: 
    IAS MS000194
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