French forces bivouaced the night of August 20/21, 1781, its fifteenth camp since departure from their first camp in Providence, Rhode Island, on June 18, 1781. The infantry bivouacked “in the mud all night in the pouring rain.”
Units |
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Bourbonnois, Soissonnois, Saintonge, Royal Deux-Ponts plus campaign artillery and Lauzun’s Legion consecutively |
Date |
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Direction | Destination |
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north | Yorktown, Virginia (French infantry) and Gloucester Courthouse, Virginia (Lauzun’s hussars) |
Latitude | Longitude |
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41.23377699 | -73.76757808 |
Address | Zipcode |
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City | State |
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Pines Bridge | NY |
Phone Number |
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French forces bivouaced the night of August 20/21, 1781, its fifteenth camp since departure from their first camp in Providence, Rhode Island, on June 18, 1781. The infantry bivouacked “in the mud all night in the pouring rain.”
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