On August 30, 1781, Lauzun’s Legion camps in Philadelphia. Between August 31 and September 3, Rochambeau’s infantry marches into Philadelphia, parades before Congress, and encamps on their their twenty-seventh camp since departure from Williamsburg, Virginia, on July 1, 1782.
French Army Campsite 27 (north) in Philadelphia
Units |
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Bourbonnois, Soissonnois, Saintonge, Royal Deux-Ponts plus campaign artillery and Lauzun’s Legion consecutively |
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Direction | Destination |
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north | Crompond/Yorktown Heights, New York and from there to Boston, Massachusetts (French infantry) and winter quarters 1782/83 in Wilmington, Delaware (Lauzun’s Legion) |
Latitude | Longitude |
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39.97173819 | -75.13948077 |
Address | Zipcode |
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City | State |
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Philadelphia | PA |
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