French Infantry Campsite 54 (north) in Dedham

Location
Dedham, MA
Who?: French
Units: Bourbonnois, Soissonnois, Saintonge and Royal Deux-Ponts Regiments of Infantry, Auxonne Artillery
Direction: north
Destination: Boston, Massachusetts
Date: 2-5 December 1782
Public Access: 1
On 2 December 1782, the Regiment Bourbonnois was the first of Rochambeau’s units to march into Dedham on its way to Boston and embarkation for the West Indies.
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