French Infantry Campsite 11 (south) in Ridgebury

Location
605 Ridgebury Rd
Ridgebury, CT 6877
Who?: French
Units: Bourbonnois, Soissonnois, Saintonge, Royal Deux-Ponts plus campaign artillery consecutively
Direction: south
Destination: White Plains, New York and Yorktown, Virginia
Date: July 3-6, 1781
Public Access: 1
Phone Number: 203-748-2806
Ridgefield constitutes the last French camp in Connecticut. It became the starting point for the active military campaign when Washington asked Rochambeau and the duc de Lauzun to join American forces in a surprise attack on Morrisania.
For information on the Washington-Rochambeau National Historic Trail provided by the friends’ group W3R-US click here: http://www.w3r-us.org/
For additional information on the Washington-Rochambeau National Historic Trail provided by the National Park Service click here: https://www.nps.gov/waro/index.htm
For a timeline of the Washington-Rochambeau National Historic Trail in Connecticut click here: Timeline
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