The First Brigade of the French Army encamped here on September 12/13, 1782, their thirty-fourth camp since departure from Williamsburg, Virginia, on July 1, 1782. The Second Brigade followed the next day.
French Army Campsite 34 (north) in Pompton
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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 from there to winter quarters 1782/83 in Wilmington, Delaware (Lauzun’s Legion) in 1782 |
Latitude | Longitude |
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40.98015626 | -74.29945621 |
Address | Zipcode |
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City | State |
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Pompton | NJ |
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