General Jesup and President Jackson
Engraving, n.d., Florida Photographic Collection. Chromolithograph, 1850-1900, Library of Congress.

Following the disastrous first year of the war, President Jackson sent General Thomas Sydney Jesup to Florida. Recognizing the ethnic dynamics of the conflict, Jesup focused on dividing blacks from Indians and quickly had the Seminole allies on the defensive.

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• Jesup's tactics

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