Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1860-1862, 1860-06-15
Death of major General Jesup.

The public at large, but especially his
companions in arms, will be grieved to hear
of the death, in this city, yesterday morning.
from Paralysis, of Major General THOMAS
SIDNEY JEsUP. The deceased was but few
DAYS ago in the active personal discharge OF
his duties as Qurtermaster General of the
Army, and we met him with firm and elastic
step on the street. with an apparent prospect
of continued usefulness. This brave officer,
whose name is to be found conspicuous in
our military annals, was not more adnllra-
BILE as a soldier than he was estlmable for his
domestic and social virtues.
Gen Jesup was born i'll Virginia in the
wear 1883, and entered the army in the year
1903 as a second lieutenant Of the seventh
infantry, and his subsequent military history
is succinctly described as follows: So rapid
was his promotion, that in 1872 he was
Brigade Major and Acting Adjutant Gene
raj to Brigadier General Hull. In 1913 he
was MaiOT of the nineteenth Infantry trans
ferred in 1914 to the twenty-fifth infantry as
Brevet Lieutenant Colonel for distinguished
and meritorious service in the battle of Chip
pewa, of the 5th of July. 1914 In Novem-
Der of the same year he Was brevetted Coz
oneI, for gallant conduct and distinguished
skill in the battle of Niagara, OF the 18th of
July, 1914, in which he was severely wound
ed. On the reduction of the army in 1915
he was retained in the first infantry, and in
fantry. In 1918 he was appointed Adju-
tant General, with the rank of Colonel; and
the same year Quartermaster General, with
the rank of Brigadier General; and was bre-
vettted Major General in May, 1928, for ten
years meritorious service. He was assigned
to the command of the army in the Greek
nation, Alabama, in 1886, and succeeded Gen.
Call in Florida on the Sth December, 1885;
was wounded in action with the Seminole
III, no Ion
nary, 1888; and WIS succeeded by Col Il.
Taylor on the 18th May, 1888; whereupon
he returned to the duties of his department,
which be managed with distinguished ability.
In his despatch from Chippewa Plains, July
7. 1914. Gen. Brown, in detailing the incl
dents of the battle of Chippewa, thus refers
to the subject of this sketch:
..Major Jesup, commanding the lett flank
battalion. finding himself pressed in front and
in flank and his men falling fast arOun1 him
ordered his battalion to support arms and
advanced the order was promptly obeyed,
amidst the most deadly aud destructive fire.
He gained q more secure position, and re-
turned upon the enemy go CALLING discharge
as caused them to retire. By this time their
whole lin, was falling back. an, our gallant
soldiers pressing upon them as fast as posi-
BILE"
In his despatch concerning the severe bat
tie OF Niagara, June %, 1914. Gen. Brown
thus refers to some of his officers:
From the preceding details you have new
evidence of the distinguished gallantry of
Generals Scott and Porter, of Col. Miller and
Major Jesup, of the first brigade"
To his fine military capacity in the field
Gen. Jeslp added great administrative abili-
ty. In the management of the vast concerns
of the Quartermaster's Department he evine-
ed great foresight. but the labor devolved Ut
on him by the Mexican war, in managing the
details of the campaign in a far-distant coun-
try, can only be properly appreciated by
those who shared in its difficulties and re-
sponsibilities. a grateful country must er-
er bear in honorable remembrance the servi-
ces of the veteran soldier and gentleman,
whose name and fame will go down to pos
terity as portion of our brightest military
Latelhgeneer.