Fort Jesup

Fort Jesup (1822-1846) - A U.S. Army post established in May 1822 as Cantonment Jesup in present day Sabine Parish, Louisiana. Named Fort Jesup on 3 Jun 1833 after Brigadier General Thomas Sidney Jesup, "Father of the Modern Quartermaster Corps". Abandoned in 1846. Fort Jesup SHS Sign. Fort Jesup Original Kitchen/Mess Building. Fort Jesup Main Building. Fort Jesup History Established in May 1822 to protect the then U.S. - Spanish border and used as a staging area for U.S. troops operating in Mexico after Texas Revolution (1835-1836). The post was abandoned in Jan 1846 as the frontier moved further west and Texas became a state (1845). All the improvements were put up for public sale. Fort Jesup Partial Commanders List (edit list) Assumed Relieved Rank Name Cullum Notes 1822 1823 Lt. Colonel Taylor, Zachery N/A 7th U.S. Infantry 1823 1831 Lt. Colonel Many, James B. N/A 7th U.S. Infantry 1831 1834 Brig. General Leavenworth, Henry N/A 3rd U.S. Infantry 1834 1840 Lt. Colonel Many, James B. N/A 3rd U.S. Infantry 1840 1841 Captain Morrison, P. N/A 4th U.S. Infantry 1841 1842 Lt. Colonel Many, James B. N/A 3rd U.S. Infantry 1842 1845 Colonel Twiggs, David E. N/A 2nd U.S. Dragoons Dates are formatted in yyyy-mm-dd to sort correctly. The Cullum Number is the graduation order from the United States Military Academy by year and class rank and links to a page for the officer on the website version of the Cullum Register. Listings without a Cullum Number indicate that the person was not a graduate of the United States Military Academy. Current Status Fort Jesup State Historic Site, reconstructed Officer's Quarters/Museum. The Officer's Quarters/Museum was closed because of budget constraints. The kitchen was the only remaining original building. Flush mounted stone markers identify the locations of other missing buildings. {"selectable":false,"width":"500"} Location: Fort Jesup State Historic Site, Sabine Parish, Louisiana. Maps & Images Lat: 31.612244 Long: -93.401839 Multi Maps from ACME Maps from Bing Maps from Google Elevation: 417' Sources: Roberts, Robert B., Encyclopedia of Historic Forts: The Military, Pioneer, and Trading Posts of the United States, Macmillan, New York, 1988, 10th printing, ISBN 0-02-926880-X, page 341 Links: North American Forts - Fort Jesup Fort Jesup State Historic Site Visited: 8 Apr 2016