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Because he was brave a courageous during the war. This resembled the fighting gamecock. He was then known as the Gamecock General of the American Revolution.
Sumter was "The Gamecock". He was the leader of a partisan band, guerrillas, irregular soldiers and/or militia, fighting the British and Loyalist bands in South Carolina during the Revolution. There were several of these leaders active in South Carolina in the latter half of the Revolution, others being Francis Marion ("The Swamp Fox"), John Laurens and Andrew Pickens.
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because he wanted them to continue fighting and win the war.
Thomas Sumter died on June 1, 1832.
Thomas Sumter was born on 1734-08-14.
Thomas De Lage Sumter was born in 1809.
Thomas De Lage Sumter died in 1874.
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Thomas Sumter died on June 1, 1832 (aged 97).
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Because he was brave a courageous during the war. This resembled the fighting gamecock. He was then known as the Gamecock General of the American Revolution.
Brigadier General Thomas Sumter was known both as the Carolina Gamecock and the Fighting Gamecock during the American Revolutionary War.
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Fort Sumter, South Carolina