American forces under Major Sebastian Baumann camped here on 24 to 26 August 1781. On August 26-28, 1781, French forces camped on the same site, their twentieth camp since departure from their first camp in Providence, Rhode Island, on June 18, 1781.
Continental Army, and French Army Campsite 20 (south), in Pompton Plains
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Continental Artificers and Bourbonnois, Soissonnois, Saintonge, Royal Deux-Ponts Regiments of Infantry plus regimental artillery |
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Direction | Destination |
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north | Yorktown, Virginia |
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40.9650308 | -74.29543541 |
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City | State |
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Pompton Plains | NJ |
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