Lauzun’s Legion Campsite 5 (north), French Army Campsite 12 (north) at Garrot’s Tavern

Location

Stafford, VA

Who?:  French
Units:  Bourbonnois Regiment of Infantry plus regimental artillery and Lauzun's Legion consecutively
Direction:  north
Destination:  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.
Date:  July 10/11, 1782) Lauzun's Legion), and July 14/15, 1782 (Bourbonnois Regiment)
Public Access:  1

The Regiment Bourbonnois camped here July 14/15, 1782, its twelfth camp since departure from Williamsburg, Virginia,on July 1, 1782. Since there had been insufficient water supply the next three regiments camped south of Garrot’s Tavern at Austin’s Run.