French Infantry Campsites 5 (south) in Bolton

Units
Bourbonnois, Soissonnois, Saintonge, Royal Deux-Ponts Regiments of Infantry plus regimental artillery

Date

Direction	Destination
both	White Plains, New York and Yorktown, Virginia (French infantry) in 1781, Boston, Massachusetts (French infantry) in 1782

Latitude	Longitude
41.77942097	-72.42718943

Address	Zipcode
266 Bolton Center Rd	6043

City	State
Bolton	CT

Phone Number

French forces under the comte de Rochambeau camped here on the right-hand (north) side of Bolton Center Road along the so-called “Rose Farm” from 21 June through 25 June 1781, their fifth camp on their way to White Plains.

For information on the Washington-Rochambeau National Historic Trail provided by the friends’ group W3R-US click here: https://w3r-og.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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