Today's trail stop in history.
Camp Floyd was a fort established in 1859 and abandoned in 1861. It is filled with intrigue and mystery. Government conspiracy and incompetency surround this peaceful cemetery. First off, it was named for Secretary of War, John B Floyd. It was the largest concentration of US Troops at that time. They were 3500 strong and sent to stop the Mormon Rebellion. Well, good ol Johnny Floyd was found to be a southern sympathizer and some believe he kept Camp Floyd as a way of draining Civil War Funds. It was the farthest away and was costly to keep going. At one time it had over 400 buildings, 7000 people, 40,000 oxen, and 1000 mules. The graves here are symbolic. Their bodies aren't under these stones. Some of these men never even were in Utah. I did a little research on the 2 stones I took pictures of and this is what I found:
1-Michael Flynn: He died in the area we know as Fort Bridger, Wyoming. He was a participant in a duel with a clerk from Livingston and Kincaid, a Mr. Bleasingdale. Mr. Bleasingdale was badly wounded and Michael Flynn was wounded in the leg. The leg had to be amputated and he died from complication from that. He never was at Camp Floyd.
2-Henry Tucker: He actual was at Camp Floyd and there was no cause of death stated.
3-Army Intelligence is an oxymoron.
From what I gather the flow of information was terrible. Shabby records and distance made it tough to get the information right. I think it is great that places like this are maintained and kept as reminders. It's little stops on dirt roads in the middle of nowhere that fuel my interest into a world quickly fading away....
Out of respect I make no stories this time from these soldiers or their mark on history.
"There will always be a frontier, where there is a open mind and a willing hand."
"There will always be a frontier, where there is a open mind and a willing hand."---Charles Kettering
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