by Idella Bodie
Thomas
Sumter was a leader of a band of Carolina volunteers in the American Revolution.
He learned his brand of fighting in the French and Indian War on the American
frontier.
In the Spring of 1780 Thomas Sumter, a daring
and powerful leader, galloped from his home in the High Hills to recruit a band of backwoodsmen in the Upcountry of South Carolina. Darting out of secret bases, he and his troops ambushed enemy fords and ferries along the Catawba and Wateree Rivers. Fearless,
like a fighting gamecock, Sumter led his band of guerrilla fighters against the
mighty British forces.
84 pages. 2000. Reading level:
Ages 9-12
13 ISBN 978-0-87844-151-8; ISBN 0-87844-151-4, $9.95 (Softcover)
