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Gist, Mordecai 1743-1792

Military officer; born in Baltimore, Md., in 1743; was captain [85] of the first troops raised in Maryland at the breaking out of the Revolution; was made major of Smallwood's regiment in 1776; and commanded it at the battle of Long Island. Promoted to colonel in 1777, and brigadier-general early in 1779, he did good service throughout the war, saving the remnant of the army after Gates's defeat, and being present at the surrender of Cornwallis. He died in Charleston, S. C., Sept. 2, 1792.

Harper and Brothers Publishers. . New York. 1902.

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