Henry M. Cist

Henry Martyn Cist

Born	(1839-02-20)February 20, 1839 Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.
Died	December 16, 1902(1902-12-16) (aged 63) Italy
Place of burial	Spring Grove Cemetery Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.
Allegiance	United States of America Union
Service/branch	Union Army
Years of service	1861–1866
Rank	Brevet Brigadier General
Commands held	none
Battles/wars	American Civil War Shiloh Stone's River Chickamauga Chattanooga
Other work	author, lawyer, politician

Henry Martyn Cist (February 20, 1839 – December 16, 1902) was an American soldier, lawyer, and author who became a brevet brigadier general in the Union Army during the American Civil War. He is most noted for his classic and oft-referenced 1882 book The Army of the Cumberland. In addition, Cist led pioneering efforts to preserve and interpret the sites of the battles of Chickamauga and Chattanooga.

Henry Cist was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, the younger of two sons of Philadelphia-born author Charles Cist and his wife Janet. His paternal grandfather, also named Charles Cist, was an immigrant from St. Petersburg, Russia, and a printer and publisher in Philadelphia.

Cist graduated from Farmers College in 1858, and then studied law. He passed his bar exam and became a practicing attorney.

With the outbreak of the Civil War, Cist enlisted as a private in the three-month 6th Ohio Infantry. When his term of enlistment expired, he was promoted to second lieutenant in the 52nd Ohio Infantry. He later served as post adjutant of Camp Chase in Columbus, Ohio, after the prisoners of war captured at Fort Donelson were transported there following Ulysses S. Grant's victory in February 1862.