French Infantry Campsite 47 (north) in Windham

Units
Bourbonnois, Soissonnois, Saintonge, Royal Deux-Ponts Regiments of Infantry plus regimental artillery

Date

Direction	Destination
north	Boston, Massachusetts

Latitude	Longitude
41.70242377	-72.14974971

Address	Zipcode

City	State
Windham	CT

Phone Number

Windham constitutes Camp 47 of French forces on their way to Boston. Marching on CT-SR Route 14 from Waterman’s Tavern in Rhode Island the infantry encamped here from 19 through 23 June 1781.

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