USA HISTORY

MANIFEST DESTINY 1806 1855

MANIFEST DESTINY

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Name the only person who died on the expedition
A
Sgt. Floyd
B
Sgt. Boyd
C
Sgt. Ordway
D
Patrick Gass
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Lewis and Clark NHT Visitor Centers and Museums. The Sergeant Floyd Monument commemorates Sergeant Charles Floyd, Jr., the only member of the Corps of Discovery to die on the journey.

Detailed explanation-2: -Sergeant Charles Floyd dies three months into the voyage of Meriwether Lewis and William Clark, becoming the only member of the Corps of Discovery to die during the journey.

Detailed explanation-3: -Abstract. As a member of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, Charles Floyd was the first United States soldier to die west of the Mississippi River. He was among his companions and developed the sudden onset of abdominal pain and was dead the next day.

Detailed explanation-4: -It’s believed he probably died from peritonitis caused by a ruptured appendix. Rest in Peace, Sergeant Charles Floyd.

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