Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route
- Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route
The Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route (W3R) is a series of encampments and roads commemorating the French troops under Jean-Baptiste de Rochambeau and their key role in the Revolutionary War. [ [http://www.hudsonriver.com/halfmoonpress/stories/0200wash.htm Washington and Rochambeau Revolutionary War Route Planned - by the Half Moon Press ] ] The route is currently under consideration to become a National Historic Trail.
Background
Landing at Newport, Rhode Island, on July 10, 1780, Rochambeau and his troops were held there inactive for a year. In July 1781, Rochambeau's force finally left Rhode Island, marching across Connecticut to join George Washington on the Hudson River at Dobbs Ferry, New York. The advance party was led by Armand Louis de Gontaut or Duc de Lauzun. Lauzun's Legion who marched ahead of the main army and stayed ten to fifteen miles to the south protecting the exposed flank from the British.
The combined armies then marched through New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, and Maryland to Yorktown, Virginia. On September 22, they combined with the Marquis de Lafayette's troops and forced General Cornwallis to surrender on October 19 after the Siege of Yorktown. After Yorktown, the French troops marched north again eventually ending in Boston, Massachusetts.
ee also
*King's Highway (Charleston to Boston)
*Sons of the American Revolution
*Armand Louis de Gontaut
*Trumbull, Connecticut
External links
* [http://www.w3r-us.org Official site]
*http://www.yorktownhistory.org/research/w3r.htm
References
* Charles S. Hall, "Life and Letters of Samuel Holden Parsons", Ostenigo Publishing Co., Binghampton, NY, 1905
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