Proper noun
A surname.
Thomas Sumter, hero of the American Revolution
A city, the county seat of Sumter County, South Carolina, United States.
An unincorporated community in Valley County, Nebraska, United States.
Source: en.wiktionary.orgBy 1961 he was a prominent member of the community and the Baptist Church as well as chairman of the Sumter County school board, where he began to speak more loudly in favor of school integration. Source: Internet
Crofts wrote: The bombardment of Fort Sumter, by itself, did not destroy Unionist majorities in the upper South. Source: Internet
He wrote: As the telegraph chattered reports of the attack on Sumter April 12 and its surrender next day, huge crowds poured into the streets of Richmond, Raleigh, Nashville, and other upper South cities to celebrate this victory over the Yankees. Source: Internet
But after the Confederate attack and capture of Fort Sumter in April 1861, Lincoln called up 75,000 of the states' militia to muster under his command. Source: Internet
COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)–A local organization is raising money to support the wife and son of a fallen Sumter County Deputy. Source: Internet
Oates, p. 226. The Confederate attack on Fort Sumter rallied Americans north of the Mason-Dixon line to the defense of the American nation. Source: Internet