 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - George Washington, shamwari yepedyo yababa vake, akamubvumira kuumba Gists Additional Continental Regiment muna January 1777. Gist zvimwe akapinda muLight Horse Harry Lees Paulus Hook Raid muna 1779. Iye nechikwata chake vakatorwa muCharlestonmuna May 1780. Pashure pehondo, akatora mudzimai weAmerica Judith Cary Bell 17501833 uye vaviri vacho vaiva nevanasikana vana, mumwe wavo akaroora Francis P. Blair. Anotaurwa zvakasiyana-siyana kuti akafa muna 1796, 1812, kana kuti pakupera kweHondo ya1812. Anovhiringidzwa nababamunini vake Nathaniel Gist 17071780. Akanga ari hama yokutanga yaModhekai Gist. 