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Thomas Sidney Jesup
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
DiedJune 10, 1860(1860-06-10) (aged 71)
Washington, D.C., US
Resting Place
Oak Hill Cemetery (Washington, D.C.)
AllegianceUnited States
Service/branchUnited States Army
Years of service1808–1860
RankBrigadier General
Battles/warsWar 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.

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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...

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Lake Jesup

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open water and floodplain. It is named in honor of Brigadier General Thomas Jesup, an American military officer who served in the Second Seminole War....

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Battles of the Loxahatchee

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Second Battle of the Loxahatchee (Jesup's Battle) occurred on January 24 involving an army under Major General Thomas Jesup. The two battles were fought within...

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Jesup

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Jesup may refer to: Jesup, Georgia Jesup, Iowa Morris Ketchum Jesup (1830–1908), banker, philanthropist, president of the American Museum of Natural History...

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Second Seminole War

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the field and failed to defeat the Seminoles. Thomas Jesup was the last Major General available. Jesup had just suppressed an uprising by the Creeks of...

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Seminole Wars

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settlers. Late in 1836, Major General Thomas Jesup, US Quartermaster, was placed in command of the war. Jesup brought a new approach to the war. He concentrated...

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Winfield Scott

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known as the Creek War of 1836. American forces under Scott, General Thomas Jesup, and Alabama Governor Clement Comer Clay quickly defeated the Muscogee...

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Osceola

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followers were captured by General Joseph Hernández on the orders of General Thomas Jesup, under a white flag of truce, when they went for peace talks to Fort...

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Amerindian slave ownership

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during their 19th century wars against American expansion. When General Thomas Jesup enumerated the origins of African Americans among the Seminoles to the...

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Billy Bowlegs

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evading justice. After the capture (under a flag of truce offered by Gen. Thomas Jesup) and subsequent deaths of Osceola and Micanopy, amidst the loss of other...

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Indian removal

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In 1837, Osceola was duplicitously captured by order of U.S. General Thomas Jesup when Osceola came under a flag of truce to negotiate peace near Fort...

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Florida Territory

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disease as well as lack of knowledge of the land. It was not until General Thomas Jesup captured many of the key Seminole chiefs, including Osceola who died...

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Fort Peyton

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the St. Augustine area in Florida Territory. Established by Maj. Gen. Thomas Jesup, it was garrisoned by regular army troops. The fort stood about seven...

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Battle of Lake Okeechobee

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due to this battle. Major General Thomas Jesup was placed in command of the war in Florida in 1836. In 1837 Jesup planned a major campaign to finally...

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Colt Ring Lever rifles

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"great medicine." With the success of the tests, Army Bvt. Major General Thomas Jesup agreed to outfit a section of the second dragoons with fifty First Model...

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History of Florida

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negotiating under a white truce flag in October 1837, by order of General Thomas Jesup. First imprisoned at Fort Marion, he died of malaria at Fort Moultrie...

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Morris Ketchum Jesup

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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...

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Miami Beach Post Office

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battle with Native Americans in 1539; and Conference, which shows General Thomas Jesup negotiating with Native Americans after the Second Seminole War in 1837...

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Battle of Wahoo Swamp

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end of November 1836, and Call was relieved of his command by General Thomas Jesup the following month. The Second Seminole War between the Government of...

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Fishing ranchos

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persons with any Indian ancestry that they found at the ranchos. General Thomas Jesup, Army commander in Florida, stated that if he let any Spanish Indians...

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Spanish Indians

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persons with any Indian ancestry that they found at the ranchos. General Thomas Jesup, Army commander in Florida, stated that if he let any Spanish Indians...

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Draining and development of the Everglades

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through mud, one private died in his tracks of exhaustion in 1842. General Thomas Jesup admitted the military was overwhelmed by the terrain when he wrote to...

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Presidency of Martin Van Buren

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re-enslavement. Prior to leaving office, Jackson had placed General Thomas Jesup in command of all U.S. troops in Florida in order to force Seminole emigration...

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