Thomas Sumter
Traces the life of General Thomas Sumter, whose guerrilla tactics during the Revolutionary War helped American colonists win their independence from Great Britain. Sumter acquired the nickname, "The Carolina Gamecock" during the American Revolution for his fierce fighting tactics, regardless of his size. A British General commented that Sumter "fought like a gamecock," and Cornwallis paid him the finest tribute when he described the Gamecock as his greatest plague. After the Revolution, Sumter was elected as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives, serving from March 4, 1789 to March 4, 1793 and from March 4, 1797 to December 15, 1801. He was then elected by the legislature as a U.S. Senator to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Senator Charles Pinckney. Sumter served in the Senate until his retirement on December 16, 1810. Sumter died on June 1, 1832 at South Mount, his plantation near Stateburg, at the age of 97 years
Print Book, English, 1931
The R.L. Bryan Company, Columbia, S.C., 1931