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and the regiment reported to Camp Magnolia

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Thomas Sumter "Fighting Gamecock" Shirt know nothing party The next yearHistorical background: Born in Virginia in 1734, Thomas Sumter spent much of his life as a soldier. He served as an officer in the Virginia militia during the French and Indian War and in conflicts against the Cherokee on the frontier. In 1762, he accompanied the Cherokee leader Ostenaco to London, where the chief had an audience with King George III. In the years before the American Revolution, Sumter spent time in debtors prison, moved to South