Campsite of Lauzun’s Legion, French Wagon Train and Artillery at Cummings Tavern

Units
Lauzun’s Legion, Wagon Train and artillery
Date
Direction
Destination
north
Gloucester Courthouse, Virginia (hussars of Lauzun’s Legion) and Yorktown, Virginia (Wagon Train and artillery)
Latitude
Longitude
39.63435
-76.07625
Address
Zipcode
1195 Tome Highway
21904
City
State
Woodlawn
MD
Phone Number

Cummings Tavern was the site of the September 9/10, 1781, encampment of Rochambeau’s Wagon Train which took a detour to cross the Susquehanna at Bald Friar’s Ford. Today there a marker on the site along Maryland Route 276 north of Dr. Jack Road; the tavern itself is a private residence.