Who was the only person to die on the Lewis and Clark Expedition?

Sergeant Charles Floyd, Jr.
The Sergeant Floyd Monument commemorates Sergeant Charles Floyd, Jr., the only member of the Corps of Discovery to die on the journey.

Who was Charles Floyd in the Lewis and Clark Expedition?

Charles Floyd (explorer) Charles Floyd (1782 – August 20, 1804) was a United States explorer, a non-commissioned officer in the U.S. Army, and quartermaster in the Lewis and Clark Expedition.

Who was sick on the Lewis and Clark Expedition?

Charles Floyd, one of three sergeants appointed by the captains and one of the expedition’s original members who had joined the expedition in Louisville, was seriously ill. “I am verry Sick and Has ben for Sometime but have Recovered my helth again,” he recorded on July 31. Floyd’s recovery was brief.

How big is the Sergeant Floyd Monument at Lewis and Clark?

Today, part of a 23-acre park, a 100-foot obelisk of heavy Kettle River sandstone marks the final resting place of Sergeant Charles Floyd, Jr. Sergeant Floyd Monument is a High Potential Historic Site on the Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail.

How old was Sergeant Charles Floyd when he joined the Army?

Sergeant Charles Floyd was likely one of the youngest members of the Corps, around 21 years of age. He was born in 1782 probably at Floyd’s Station, just east of Louisville, Kentucky, a log fort established in 1780 by his uncle, John Floyd.

Who was the sergeant on the Lewis and Clark Expedition?

Floyd was born in Kentucky, and among the first to volunteer for service in the Corps of Discovery, as the Lewis and Clark expedition members called themselves. He was a cousin of the expedition’s Sergeant Nathaniel Pryor, and was considered a “man of much merit” by Captain Clark, the expedition’s leader.

Charles Floyd (explorer) Charles Floyd (1782 – August 20, 1804) was a United States explorer, a non-commissioned officer in the U.S. Army, and quartermaster in the Lewis and Clark Expedition.

Sergeant Charles Floyd was likely one of the youngest members of the Corps, around 21 years of age. He was born in 1782 probably at Floyd’s Station, just east of Louisville, Kentucky, a log fort established in 1780 by his uncle, John Floyd.

What did Captain Clark write about Sergeant Floyd?

Captain Clark recorded in his journal on August 20, 1804, “Sergeant Floyd much weaker and no better…no pulse and nothing will stay a moment in his stomach or bowels….Floyd died with a great deal of composure, before his death he said to me, ‘I am going away. I want you to write me a letter.’ We buried him on the top of the bluff.