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Jesup, Thomas Sidney, born in Virginia, in 1788; received preparatory education; in 1808 joined the United States
army as lieutenant of infantry, and during the war of 1812 served on Gen. William Hull's staff as adjutant general;
he was appointed, successively, captain, January, 1813, major, April 6, 1813, lieutenant colonel, April 30, 1817;
was brevetted lieutenant colonel for bravery at the battle of Chippewa, July 5, 1814; colonel, April, 1817, for
gallant and meritorious services at the battle of Niagara, where he was severely wounded, and major general, May
8, 1828, for ten years' faithful services in the same rank; was appointed adjutant general with the rank of colonel,
March 27, 1818, and quartermaster general with the rank of brigadier general, May 8, 1818; he assumed command of
the army in the Creek nation, May 20, 1836, and he succeeded Gov. Richard Keith Call in command of the army in
Florida, December 8, 1831; was wounded during a fight with the Seminoles at Jupiter Inlet, January 24, 1838, and
was relieved by Col. Zachary Taylor; he died in Washington, D. C., June 10, 1860.
FROM:
Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography
Volume II
By: Lyon Gardiner Tyler, LL. D.
Lewis Historical Publishing Company
New York 1915
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