"Sally"
| Allied generals and some of their staff at Yorktown, Virginia, 1781. Detail of painting by James Peale, executed some time after the surrender. Images are, from left to right: marquis de Lafayette, general George Washington, general Benjamin Lincoln, comte de Rochambeau, general Chastelleux, and colonel Tench Tilghman. [Initial work held by the Maryland Historical Society. A second like work is owned by Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia. A third version is believed to be owned by descendents of Lafayette.] |
The Washington Rochambeau Revolutionary Route [W3R]
On 16 December 1999, the W3R was organized at the Washington headquarters in Newburgh, New York. The route is essentially defined by the march taken by the Continental Army of George Washington and by the French Army of comte de Rochambeau on their way to ultimate victory over British forces under the command of Maj. Gen. Charles Cornwallis in Yorktown, Va., in 1781. The route also includes the march of the French army in 1782 as it returned back north to Boston
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Arrival
and stay in Newport RI |
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March
from RI across CT to NY |
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NY
encampment, sally-in-force against British positions, and decision to
besiege Cornwallis in VA |
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March
from NY across NJ to PA |
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March
across PA and DE to MD The soldiers continued by water, the officers and
baggage by land. |
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March
and sail across MD and VA to Yorktown for the brief siege and magnificent
victory at Yorktown. |
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1781
November |
Immediately
after the victory the U.S. army and the two French fleets returned to
their previous defensive locations while the French army remained in VA
for the winter. |
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Return
Route north of the French army, from VA to Boston MA, after which most of
the French troops shipped out from Boston for the Caribbean. |
Information from: www.w3r-us.org/History/Hist_1770-1783.htm