MILITARY · ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE
Fifth Camp of Rochambeau's Infantry
Military
In Bolton, Connecticut, this campsite preserves a French army encampment from the American Revolution along Rochambeau’s march toward the Hudson River and ultimately Yorktown. From June 22 through June 25, 1781, four different divisions—Bourbonnais, Royal Deux-Ponts, Soissonnais, and Saintonge—occupied it on successive nights. The approach was so difficult that poor roads delayed Bourbonnais supply wagons, forcing that division to bivouac without tents, yet soldiers also spent evenings playing music and dancing with local women on Bolton Green. Its open field, surviving stone walls, and archaeological finds provide unusually clear evidence of the army’s movement, layout, and life on the march.
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