French forces under comte de Rochambeau camped here in Colchester on July 16-19, 1782, their fourteenth camp since departure from Williamsburg, Virginia,on July 1, 1782. French forces are on their march north to re-join the Continental Army outside New York City, New York.
French Wagon Train Campsite 2, Lauzun’s Legion Campsite 7 (north), and French Army Campsite 14 (north) at Colchester
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Bourbonnois, Soissonnois, Saintonge, Royal Deux-Ponts Regiments of Infantry plus regimental 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) in 1782 |
Latitude | Longitude |
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38.67871876 | -77.22145819 |
Address | Zipcode |
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City | State |
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Lorton | VA |
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