Brigadier General Thomas Sidney Jesup 13th quartermaster General of the United States Army
Born
(1788-12-16)December 16, 1788 Berkeley County, Virginia (today West Virginia), US
Died
June 10, 1860(1860-06-10) (aged 71) Washington, D.C., US
Resting Place
Oak Hill Cemetery (Washington, D.C.)
Allegiance
United States
Service/branch
United States Army
Years of service
1808–1860
Rank
Brigadier General
Battles/wars
War of 1812 Second Seminole War Mexican–American War
Thomas Sidney Jesup (December 16, 1788 – June 10, 1860) was a United States Army officer known as the "Father of the Modern Quartermaster Corps". His 52-year (1808–1860) military career was one of the longest in the history of the United States Army.
Thomas Sidney Jesup (December 16, 1788 – June 10, 1860) was a United States Army officer known as the "Father of the Modern Quartermaster Corps". His...
open water and floodplain. It is named in honor of Brigadier General ThomasJesup, an American military officer who served in the Second Seminole War....
Second Battle of the Loxahatchee (Jesup's Battle) occurred on January 24 involving an army under Major General ThomasJesup. The two battles were fought within...
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the field and failed to defeat the Seminoles. ThomasJesup was the last Major General available. Jesup had just suppressed an uprising by the Creeks of...
settlers. Late in 1836, Major General ThomasJesup, US Quartermaster, was placed in command of the war. Jesup brought a new approach to the war. He concentrated...
known as the Creek War of 1836. American forces under Scott, General ThomasJesup, and Alabama Governor Clement Comer Clay quickly defeated the Muscogee...
followers were captured by General Joseph Hernández on the orders of General ThomasJesup, under a white flag of truce, when they went for peace talks to Fort...
during their 19th century wars against American expansion. When General ThomasJesup enumerated the origins of African Americans among the Seminoles to the...
evading justice. After the capture (under a flag of truce offered by Gen. ThomasJesup) and subsequent deaths of Osceola and Micanopy, amidst the loss of other...
In 1837, Osceola was duplicitously captured by order of U.S. General ThomasJesup when Osceola came under a flag of truce to negotiate peace near Fort...
disease as well as lack of knowledge of the land. It was not until General ThomasJesup captured many of the key Seminole chiefs, including Osceola who died...
the St. Augustine area in Florida Territory. Established by Maj. Gen. ThomasJesup, it was garrisoned by regular army troops. The fort stood about seven...
due to this battle. Major General ThomasJesup was placed in command of the war in Florida in 1836. In 1837 Jesup planned a major campaign to finally...
"great medicine." With the success of the tests, Army Bvt. Major General ThomasJesup agreed to outfit a section of the second dragoons with fifty First Model...
negotiating under a white truce flag in October 1837, by order of General ThomasJesup. First imprisoned at Fort Marion, he died of malaria at Fort Moultrie...
Morris Ketchum Jesup (June 21, 1830 – January 22, 1908), was an American banker and philanthropist. He was the president of the American Museum of Natural...
battle with Native Americans in 1539; and Conference, which shows General ThomasJesup negotiating with Native Americans after the Second Seminole War in 1837...
end of November 1836, and Call was relieved of his command by General ThomasJesup the following month. The Second Seminole War between the Government of...
persons with any Indian ancestry that they found at the ranchos. General ThomasJesup, Army commander in Florida, stated that if he let any Spanish Indians...
persons with any Indian ancestry that they found at the ranchos. General ThomasJesup, Army commander in Florida, stated that if he let any Spanish Indians...
through mud, one private died in his tracks of exhaustion in 1842. General ThomasJesup admitted the military was overwhelmed by the terrain when he wrote to...
re-enslavement. Prior to leaving office, Jackson had placed General ThomasJesup in command of all U.S. troops in Florida in order to force Seminole emigration...