Thomas Jesup
{{Infobox military person |name= Thomas Sidney Jesup|birth_place= Berkeley County, Virginia (today West Virginia) |death_place= Washington, D.C. |placeofburial= Oak Hill Cemetery
Washington, D.C. |placeofburial_label= Resting Place |image= Thomas Sidney Jesup.jpg |image_size= 250 |caption= Brigadier General Thomas Sidney Jesup
13th quartermaster General of the United States Army |nickname= |allegiance= United States |branch= United States Army |serviceyears= 1808–1860 |rank= Brigadier General spose= [[marriage Ann H. Croghan Jesup(1822) |commands= |unit= |battles= |awards= |relations= |birth_date= December 16, 1788 |death_date= June 10, 1860 (aged 71)
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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 52-year (1808-1860) military career was one of the longest in the history of the United States Army.
In 1836, Jesup was placed in command of all U.S. troops in Florida during the Second Seminole War. Jesup violated terms of truce in order to capture Seminole leaders Osceola and Micanopy, which provoked controversy. He was famously quoted as having said about the Seminole that "[t]he country can be rid of them only by exterminating them."
He was born in Berkeley County, Virginia (now West Virginia). He began his military career in 1808, and served in the War of 1812, seeing action in the battles of Chippewa and Lundy's Lane in 1814, where he was wounded. He was appointed Quartermaster General on May 8, 1818, by President James Monroe.
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