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Thomas Jesup
Thomas Sidney Jesup, USA (December 16, 1788 – June 10, 1860) was an American military 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.
==Biography==
He was born in Berkeley County, Virginia (today 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.〔(Brigadier General Jesup, father of the Quartermaster Corps ), US Quartermaster Foundation〕
In 1836, while Jesup was still officially Quartermaster General, President Andrew Jackson detached him first to deal with the Creek tribe in Georgia and Alabama, and then to assume command of all U.S. troops in Florida during the Second Seminole War (1837–1842).〔Jahoda, Gloria. ''The Trail of Tears: The Story of the American Indian Removals 1813-1855''. Holt, Rinehart and Winston. New York. 1975. ISBN 0-03-014871-5. 〕 His actions in violating truces to capture Seminole leaders, such as Osceola, provoked controversy. At the conclusion of the hostilities, Jesup returned to his official post.〔
During the Mexican-American War, Jesup traveled from his headquarters in Washington, D.C., to oversee the supplying of troops in Mexico. He served as Quartermaster General for 42 years, having the second longest continual service in the same position in U.S. military history (George Gibson served as Commissary General of the US Army for 43 years, from 1818 until 1861). 〔http://www.history.army.mil/books/R&H/R&H-Sub.htm〕 He died in office in Washington, D.C., at age 72.〔
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