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Thomas Sumter
Thomas Sumter 1734-1832, American Revolutionary officer, b. near Charlottesville, Va. He served with Edward Braddock (1755) and John Forbes (1758) in their expeditions against Fort Duquesne in the French and Indian War, and later he fought against the Cherokee. He settled (1765) in South Carolina.... Read more |
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Sumter
Sumter city (1990 pop. 41,943), seat of Sumter co., central S.C.; founded 1785, inc. 1845. It is the commercial, processing, and shipping center of a timber and agricultural region. Chief crops are tobacco and cotton; livestock, grain, peanuts, and sorghum are also important. Industrial systems,... Read more |
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Fort Sumter
Fort Sumter fortification, built 1829-60, on a shoal at the entrance to the harbor of Charleston, S.C., and named for Gen. Thomas Sumter ; scene of the opening engagement of the Civil War. Upon passing the Ordinance of Secession (Dec., 1860), South Carolina demanded all federal property within the... Read more |
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guerrilla warfare
guerrilla warfare [Span.,=little war], fighting by groups of irregular troops (guerrillas) within areas occupied by the enemy. When guerrillas obey the laws of conventional warfare they are entitled, if captured, to be treated as ordinary prisoners of war; however, they are often executed by their... Read more |
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Nathanael Greene
Nathanael Greene 1742-86, American Revolutionary general, b. Potowomut (now Warwick), R.I. An iron founder, he became active in colonial politics and served (1770-72, 1775) in the Rhode Island assembly. At the beginning of the American Revolution he commanded a detachment of militia at the siege of... Read more |
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Marion, Francis
...Carolina. He followed directives from theater commander Nathanael Greene but opposed cooperation with fellow partisan Thomas Sumter, whom he considered a plunderer.Marion's perseverance, leadership, and cunning kept his force alive and earned... |
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Stanton, Edwin M.
...against secession and to reinforce Fort Sumter.Stanton returned to private life when...arrest of Adjutant‐General Lorenzo Thomas, whom Johnson had named as secretary...and Reconstruction, 1905. Benjamin P. Thomas and and Harold M. Hyman , Stanton: The... |
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Lincoln, Abraham
...in Massachusetts from England in 1637. Abraham's father, Thomas, a respected farmer though semiliterate, shared the restlessness...by him, to his successors.” With the surrender of Fort Sumter in Charleston harbor on 13 April, the Civil War began.Further... |
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Sherman, William Tecumseh
...Church upon his entry into the home of a famous Whig politician, Thomas Ewing.Sherman studied at the U.S. Military Academy, graduating...street railway company.After the Confederate capture of Fort Sumter, which began the Civil War, he rejoined the army as colonel... |
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Engineering, Military
...with European powers helped revive it in 1802 when President Thomas Jefferson and Congress reestablished the Corps at West Point...ominous new dimensions. In the Confederate capture of Fort Sumter and the Union siege of Fort Pulaski, the new artillery rapidly... |
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Abolitionist
...be found at least as early as 1790, during the period when Thomas Clarkson, William Wilberforce, and the younger Pitt attacked...by armed intervention. From then until the firing upon Fort Sumter, the Abolitionist drive and the opposition to it became increasingly... |
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Supreme Court, War, and the Military
...and the War of 1812, but various presidents, beginning with Thomas Jefferson, have initiated military actions without consulting...and 4 July 1861, following the Confederate capture of Fort Sumter, Abraham Lincoln waged “war” against the Confederacy... |
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Sumter, Thomas
Sumter, Thomas (1734–1832) Revolutionary War army...Representative and U.S. senator. A Virginian, Sumter fought the Cherokee early in his career...and became part of the Continental army. Sumter resigned his commission because of illness... |
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Sumter
Sumter, South Carolina/USA Sumterville Founded in 1785 and named after General Thomas Sumter (1734–1832), a commander in the American War of Independence (1775–83). |
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Hanging Rock, Battle of
...Hanging Rock's defenses were weakened when forces were taken from it to defend its sister post at Rocky Mount. Thomas Sumter then planned an assault, and though the frontal attack went off course, the troops were fortunate to end up striking... |
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Winn, Richard
...early 1777. Though paroled he did not return to duty until 1780. He quickly rose to the rank of colonel serving under Thomas Sumter. Winn developed a fierce reputation in numerous engagements against Loyalist forces. In December 1780 the British... |
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Rosser, Thomas Lafayette
Rosser, Thomas Lafayette (1836–1910) Confederate army officer, born in Virginia but...enlisted in the Confederate army immediately after the bombardment of Fort Sumter (1861). He rose steadily through the ranks, rising to major general... |
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Army of the Cumberland
Army of the Cumberland a Civil War division of the Union army. Organized after Fort Sumter and first commanded by George Thomas, the army was reorganized as the Army of the Ohio in late 1861. Another Army of the Cumberland was... |
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Civil War, American
...assert its independence when Confederate troops fired on Fort Sumter in the Charleston, South Carolina harbor. Soon after, Arkansas...raids conducted in the Shenandoah Valley by troops under Gen. Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson; the Seven Days' Battle (1862... |
 "The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY)")
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FORMER CNY MAN KILLED; FULTON COUNCIL MEMBER'S FATHER, THOMAS TAYLOR, WAS...
...killed her father, Thomas Taylor. Taylor, 62, a Sumter, S.C., business...Larry Florence, of the Sumter County Sheriff's...her brothers, James Thomas Taylor Jr. and David...girl," she said. In Sumter, Taylor operated... |
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Banker John E. Sumter Jr., 86, Dies
...Center and Decorating Den Systems. Survivors include his wife of 61 years, Beata Sumter of Leisure World; four children, John Sumter III of Charlotte, Thomas Sumter of Perkasie, Pa., Scott Sumter of Silver Spring and Gail ... |
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A Lady of the High Hills: Natalie Belage Sumter
...the High Hills: Natalie Belage Sumter. By Thomas Tisdale. (Columbia: University...French aristocrat Natalie Delage Sumter (1782-1841), Tisdale's...already romantically linked to Thomas Sumter Jr., another Lowcountry planter... |
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Clemente Global Growth Fund announces termination of lawsuit against Sumter...
...TERMINATION OF LAWSUIT AGAINST SUMTER IN RESPONSE TO TENDER OFFER WITHDRAWAL...today that its lawsuit against Thomas B. Pickens III and Sumter Partners, L.P. has been terminated...litigation are finally over and with Sumter's expression of strong support... |
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Sumter Partners L.P. announces settlement of all litigation with Clemente...
...among other things, Sumter will not purchase...management of the fund. Thomas B. Pickens III, a spokesman for Sumter, stated: "Since...V. Whitworth for Thomas B. Pickens III...4600/ (CLM) CO: Sumter Partners, L.P... |
 "The Orlando Sentinel (Orlando, FL)")
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Inventory returned to Sumter adult store: More than 22,000 movies had been...
...material as soon as possible. Sumter County deputy sheriffs raided the...and in a ruling last month a Sumter County judge ordered that the movies...the movies." In his ruling, Sumter County Judge Thomas Skidmore said ". . . it is clear... |
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Defendant acquitted in 2002 good Samaritan deaths: Illness delays perjury...
...postponed Monday because the prosecutor was ill. "I apologize," Assistant State Attorney Bill Catto told Sumter County Judge Thomas D. Skidmore. "I was trying to make [the trial] happen." Catto said he had an inner-ear infection and... |
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Maine's role in the Civil War Presidential order caused a Maine sailor to...
...ensured that Lt. Thomas Stowell Phelps, a...opening chorus at Fort Sumter. However, he subsequently...decided to attack Fort Sumter rather than await its surrender. Thomas Phelps, that redoubtable...fired a cannon at Sumter from ... |
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A Magnetic Gift: Sumter Regional Hospital Receives New MRI as Charitable...
...BUSINESS EDITORS Contact: Thomas Schaffner, +1 610-448-1477, thomas.schaffner@siemens.com...PRNewswire/-- In recognition of Sumter Regional Hospital's struggle...000. Siemens took notice of Sumter's story in the company's... |
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What's in a name? A royal heritage: South Sumter High School junior...
...inside linebacker for South Sumter's football team. He also...Jacqueece Morgan, 19, is a South Sumter graduate. An older cousin is...great uncle. His name was King Thomas Crews." His full name is Yourhighness Vlair Takair Morgan. South Sumter Coach Inman ... |
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