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Joseph
Field
Born about in Culpeper County, Virginia
Ancestors 
Son of Abraham Field
and [mother unknown]
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at about age 27
[location unknown]
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One of the Corps of Discovery members on the Lewis and Clark expedition.
Biography
Joseph Field is Notable.
Joseph Field was born about 1780 in Culpepper County, Virginia to Abraham and Betty Field. The family moved to Kentucky.
Counted among the notable "nine young men from Kentucky" Joseph and Reubin were two of the earliest to enlist, joining the expedition on Aug. 1, 1803 and serving until Oct. 10, 1806.
An exceptional woodsman and hunter, Joseph, accompanied by Reubin, often served as advance scouts. He was the first member of the corps to kill a bison. Joseph Field was also chosen to lead the small detachment of men when they expedition split up to explore the Yellowstone River.
On December 24, 1805, Clark wrote in his journal that Joseph, working on the construction of Fort Clatsop in Oregon, had built writing desks for the captains out of rough-hewn boards.
Capt. Lewis wrote that Joseph and Reuben Field were: “Two of the most active and enterprising young men who accompanied us. It was their peculiar fate to have been engaged in all the most dangerous and difficult scenes of the voyage, in which they uniformly acquited themselves with much honor.”
After their return to St. Louis, it is believed that the Field brothers may have been in Chouteau's party in 1807 that accompanied Nathaniel Pryor's military escort to return Chief Sheheke home to the Mandan village.
They were attacked and Joseph Field was killed, the first expedition member to die after their return to St. Louis.
Sources
- The Journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition. 2005. U of Nebraska Press / U of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries-Electronic Text Center. 5 Oct. 2005 <http://lewisandclarkjournals.unl.edu>.
- Staff. “The People - Corps of Discovery.” Corps of Discovery - United States Army, U.S. Army Center of Military History, 12 Jan. 2019, https://history.army.mil/LC/the_people.htm.
See Also:
- Wikipedia: Joseph Field
- Wikidata: Item Q6283072, en:Wikipedia
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