Camp Floyd

Camp Floyd was established in 1858 by order of President James Buchanan. During its three years of operation, Camp Floyd was the site of the largest assembled troop concentration in the United States prior to the Civil War. No buildings remain in this area from the encampment, but the site was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.

Related:

• Camp Floyd Pony Express Stop
• Fairfield – Camp Floyd – Fort Crittenden
• Camp Floyd Site

Camp Floyd Cemetery

The Camp Floyd Cemetery was established in 1858 and abandoned three years later as the troops stationed at Camp Floyd returned to fight in the Civil War. The actual number, location and identities of soldiers buried in the cemetery is not known with certainty as the Army did not keep burial records during this period and all surface evidence of grave locations was destroyed.

Efforts to commemorate the cemetery included a monument dedicated by the War Department in 1913 and 84 granite markers placed by the American Legion in 1960. Army records have since revealed that almost half of the names on the markers were of individuals who died someplace other than Camp Floyd or were never with Johnston’s Army.

The following list of possible burials has been reconstructed from army records that record the names of soldiers who died at Camp Floyd. No list of civilians could be found. Ground penetrating radar done in 2009 revealed 33 burials and one double burial. The radar may not have detected all possible burials. New headstones were placed in 2011 to reflect the locations of the known burials. These headstones read “Unknown” in order to reflect that the identity of the burial is not known.

Camp Floyd /Stagecoach Inn State Park would like to thank the Veterans Administration, Curtis Allen, Ephriam Dickson with the Fort Douglas Museum, Andrew Murphy, Tyler Bartholomew and Troop 1460.

• Bergen, James. Private, Co. C, 4th Artillery. Born c. 1837. Died June 27, 1860, accidental drowning
• Bryan, William. Private Co. I 7th Infantry. Bom c. 1830. Died December 27, 1859, murdered
• Edinger, Benjamin F. Private, Co. C, 4th Artillery. Born c. 1839. Died December 11, 1859, cause unknown
• Farrell, Edward. Private, Co. F, 10th Infantry. Born c1831. Died May 12, 1859, self-inflicted gunshot
• Fuhr, George. Private, Co. G, 5th Infantry. Born c1833. Died May 17, 1860, disease
• Gallagher, Daniel. Private Co. E, 7th Infantry.
• Born c. 1834. Died September 11, 1859, pneumonia
• Giers, Robert. Private, Co. I, 10th Infantry. Born c. 1835. Died November 7, 1859, typhoid fever
• Goodman, Patrick. Private, Co. D, 7th Infantry. Born c. 1815. Died January 2, 1860, pneumonia
• Green, Charles R. Sergeant, Co. E, 2nd Dragoons. Born c. 1830. Died August 6, 1859, self-inflicted wounds
  
• Hardy, James. Private Co. B, 2nd Dragoons. Born c. 1836. Died December 21, 1859, cause unknown
• Kennedy, Patrick. Private, Co. B, 2nd Dragoons. Born c. 1833. Died April 9, 1860, cause unknown
• Krause, Antion. Private, Co. A, 7th Infantry. Born c. 1836. Died November 26, 1859, typhoid fever
• Mahers, Richard, Recruit, 4th Artillery. Born c. 1839. Died September 17 1860, dysentery
• Main, James L. Private, Co. A, 7th Infantry. Born c. 1825. Died September 13, 1859, alcohol poisoning
• McCabe, James. Private Co. D, 7th Infantry.Born c. 1833. Died November 5, 1859, consumption
• McNickle, Daniel. Private, Co. B 5th Infantry. Born c. 1837. Died November 24 1858, cause unknown
• Means, John. Private, Co. H, 2nd Dragoons. Born c. 1836. Died July 17, 1859, disease

• Moore, William H. Private, Co. D, 7th Infantry. Born c. 1839. Died March 29, 1860, pneumonia
• Mullen, James. Private, Co. 1, 5th Infantry. Born c. 1837. Died March 10, 1859, cause unknown
• Newell, Benjamin F. Private, Co. A, 7th Infantry. Born c. 1832. Died April 8, 1860, suicide
• Nieland, Edward. Private, Co. K, 7th Infantry. Born c. 1834. Died March 27, 1859, typhoid fever
• Noble, Robert W. Private, Co. H, 5th Infantry. Born c. 1837. Died October 7, 1859, disease
• O’Brien, Charles, Private, Co. B, 2nd Dragoons. Died July 15, 1861, disease
• O’Brien, Michael. Private, Co. A 2nd Dragoons. Bom c. 1827. Died February 23, 1859, aneurism
• O’Connor, Thomas. Private, Co. H, 10th Infantry. Bom c. 1831. Died December 10, 1859, disease enteritis
• O’Hara, Edward. Private, Co. D, 7th Infantry. Born c. 1831. Died March 12 1860, shot by a sentinel of the Camp Guard
• Otterback, Christian. Corporal, Co. 4th Artillery. Born c. 1835. Died February 11, 1860, found murdered

• Paige, George H. Captain, QMD. Bom c. 1825. Died April 18, 1859, disease
• Pike, Ralph. 1st Sergeant, Co. I, 10th Infantry. Bom c. 1837. Died August 14, 1859, assassinated in Salt Lake City
• Potts, Elias K. Second Lieutenant, Co. C, 7th Infantry. Born c. 1838. Died April 23, 1859, disease
• Redding, William. Private Co. C, 7th Infantry. Born c. 1828. Died December 20, 1859, alcohol poisoning
• Rooney, Terence. Private, Co. A, 7th Infantry. Born c. 1832. Died March 30, 1860, diabetes
• Shields, Henry, Private, Co. B 2nd Dragoons. Born c. 1830. Died September 17, 1860, cause unknown
• Sliter, Thomas M. Private, Co. B, 7th Infantry. Born c. 1835. Died December 19, 1858, disease
• Stewart, James, Private, Co. D, 5th Infantry. Born c. 1829. Died January 22, 1860, accidental shooting
• Sweeney, James. Private, Co. C, 7th Infantry.Born c. 1835. Died November 18, 1858, hemorrhage of the stomach

• Thrall, Charles C. Private, Co. E, 5th Infantry. Born c. 1832. Died November 28, 1858, cause unknown
• Trittle, Theodore. Private, Co. C, 4th Artillery. Born c. 1832. Died January 9, 1860, disease
• Tucker, Henry C. Sergeant, Co. 1, 5th Infantry. Born c. 1833. Died March 4, 1859, cause unknown
• Warren, James H. Private, Co. K, 5th Infantry. Also known as James H. Richards. Born c. 1836. Died February 21, 1860, disease

These soldiers died before Camp Floyd was finished but may have been buried in the cemetery:

• Akerly, Charles W. Private, Co. A, 5th Infantry. Born c. 1836. Died August 1, 1858, cause unknown
• Grava, Heinrich. Private, Co. G, 5th Infantry. Born c. 1828. Died July 29, 1858, cause unknown
• Isaacs, John E. Private, Co. D, 7th Infantry.Born c. 1830. Died September 27, 1858, disease
• McDougal, Archibald T. Private, Co. E, 10th Infantry. Born c. 1837. Died October 12, 1858, cause unknown