Show famous forts in U S history by ELMO SCOTT WATSON S Q if 1936 IS western newspaper union the training school of american general generalao Gene rala it Is doubtful if any other post in the united states has known as many of our famous military leaders as jefferson barracks mo when jefferson jefferion davis became secretary of war in 1853 he determined to form a regiment alch which would be the best in the army remembering the tradition of oc th the army which from the close of the of 1812 had sent to jefferson barracks the most promising young officers in tho the army lie he organized at flint post the second cavalry later known ns as jeff davis pet the colonel of the regiment was albert sidney johnston anti anil its ita lieuten ant colonel was robert E lee destined for fame faine as two of davis greatest civil war generals at the same tiros time there was organized there the lie first regiment of cavalry with edwin V sumner simmer litter later a union general as colonel and joseph 11 johnston of hull bull run fame as lieutenant colonel in fact these two regiments gave to file union and confederate armies no less than 30 0 generals among them thein such men us aa jolin john sedgwick NV V J hardee W 11 II almory Eni ory george stone inan H I 1 D linker baker job jeb stuart george 11 II thomas kvesley merritt earl van dorn and kirby smith hut but these tire are not the only distinguished names on jefferson barracca Bar roll of lionor honor there too appear henry leavenworth henry atkinson stephen W kearney john C fremont bremont rr emont braxton bragg james longstreet ulysses S grant william tecumseh Tecum sel sherman Sli erman philip sheridan winfield scott hancock and nathan boone a son of tho the famous fit kentucky pioneer jefferson barracks also saw organ laed the original rough riders long before the dua days of theodore roosevelt and san juan hill during president van burens administration the seminole indians became troublesome and the president asked the governor of to raise two regiments of mounted frontiersmen nil all to serve against the seminoles Semi noles from all parts of the state these horsemen poured in to st louls louis and under the leadership of general gentry and col john W price the they were vere organized tit at jefferson barracks ond end acquitted thern selves brilliantly in florida Jef jefferson terson barracks wits was established in 1820 1826 its as Camon ment adams it in honor of president john quincy adams and during its existence of nearly a century lias has been an important military rendezvous in all of uncle satus sams wars from the mexican to the world war |