Sumter may refer to: People Given name Sumter S. Arnim (1904–1990), American dentist Sumter de Leon Lowry Jr. (1893–1985), United States Army general Surname Rowendy Sumter (born 1988), Curaçaoan footballer Shavonda E. Sumter (born 1974), American politician Thomas Sumter (1734–1832), brigadier general during the American War of Independence Thomas De Lage Sumter (1809–1874), American politician Places Fort Sumter, location of the first shots of the United States Civil War Sumter, Georgia Sumter, Nebraska Sumter, South Carolina Sumter National Forest Sumter County, Alabama Sumter County, Florida Sumter County, Georgia Sumter County, South Carolina Sumter Township, McLeod County, Minnesota Ships CSS Sumter a Confederate Navy vessel in the American Civil War , the former CSS General Sumter, a cottonclad ram captured in 1862 (previously AP-97), an attack transport; formerly Iberville , a tank landing ship Sumter-class attack transport See also Sumpter (disambiguation)