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According to Timberlake's journal, at one point early in the nearly year and a half long journey, Sumter swam nearly a half-mile in the icy waters to retrieve their canoe, which had drifted away while they were exploring a cave. The party arrived in the Overhill town of
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Sumter became stranded in South Carolina due to financial difficulties. He petitioned the Virginia Colony for reimbursement of his travel expenses, but was denied. Subsequently, Sumter was imprisoned for debt in Virginia. When his friend and fellow soldier,
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of which he was later appointed colonel. in 1780 he was appointed brigadier general, a post he held until the end of the war. He participated in several battles in the early months of the war, including the campaign to prevent an
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While in Williamsburg, Ostenaco professed a desire to meet the king of England, and in May 1762, Sumter traveled to England with Timberlake and three distinguished Cherokee leaders, including Ostenaco. Arriving in
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In 1781, in response to a low number of recruits, Sumter publicly implemented a bounty for Continental Army recruiters, which stipulated that anyone who managed to recruit a certain number of volunteers for the
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in 1868, Sumter District was commonly referred to as the "Old Gamecock District". The use of this nickname continued after the name change, with the county thereafter being called the "Old Gamecock County".
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in early June, the Indians were an immediate attraction, drawing crowds all over the city. The three Cherokee then accompanied Sumter back to America, landing in South Carolina on or about August 25, 1762.
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following the war. The small expeditionary party consisted of Sumter (who was partially financing the venture with borrowed money), Timberlake, an interpreter named John McCormack, and a servant.
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and a tomahawk. Sumter used the money to buy his way out of jail in 1766. When Martin and Sumter were reunited some thirty years later, Sumter repaid the money.
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Sumter's nickname, "Fighting Gamecock", has become one of several traditional nicknames for a native of South Carolina. For example, the
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as a reward. Sumter acquired the nickname "Carolina Gamecock" during the American Revolution, for his fierce fighting tactics. After the
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is a "Gamecock" and the school's sports teams refer to themselves as the "Sumter High Gamecocks" in honor of Sumter.
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ceremony. In the following weeks, Sumter and the group attended peace ceremonies in several Overhill towns, such as
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The Memoirs of Lt. Henry Timberlake: The Story of a Soldier, Adventurer, and Emissary to the Cherokees, 1756–1765
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commented that Sumter "fought like a gamecock", and Cornwallis described the Gamecock as his "greatest plague".
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Thomas Sumter and his actions served as one of the models for the fictional character of Benjamin Martin in
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Other schools within South Carolina have been named after Sumter or utilize a Gamecock as their mascot.
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Anti-Administration Party members of the United States House of Representatives from South Carolina
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Sumter died on June 1, 1832, at his slave plantation "South Mount", which was located near
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Sumter raised a local militia group in Stateburg. In February 1776, Sumter was elected
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Memoirs of Aaron Burr: With Miscellaneous Selections from His Correspondence
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Sumter shares a monument, erected in 1913, on the state capitol grounds in
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This article is about the 18th-century general. For his grandson, see
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of the Cherokee, arriving on the James River in early April 1762.
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During fighting in August 1780, he defeated a combined force of
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on December 20, where they were greeted by the town's head man,
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Sumter's older brother, William Sumter, was a captain in the
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American military officer, planter and politician (1734–1832)
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Gamecock: The Life and Campaigns of General Thomas Sumter
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published the first biography of General Sumter in 1931.
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Counties in four states are named for Sumter. These are
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After the Revolutionary War, Sumter was elected to the
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Burr, Aaron (1837). Davis, Matthew Livingston (ed.).
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Index

Thomas De Lage Sumter

Rembrandt Peale
United States Senator
South Carolina
Charles Pinckney
John Taylor
U.S. House of Representatives
South Carolina
4th
Richard Winn
Hanover County
Virginia Colony
Stateburg, South Carolina
Sumter County, South Carolina
Democratic-Republican Party
Great Britain
United States
Virginia militia
Continental Army
Virginia militia
Continental Army

Brigadier General
2nd South Carolina Regiment
Timberlake Expedition
American Revolutionary War
Battle of Rocky Mount
Battle of Hanging Rock
Battle of Fishing Creek

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