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| CAMP |
MARCH DATE |
| 1. Providence, RI |
First March: 18-21 June |
2. Waterman's Tavern, RI
(near present Pottersville) |
Second March: 19-22 June |
| 3. Plainfield, CT |
Third March: 20-23 June |
| 4. Windham, CT |
Fourth March: 21-24 Jun |
| 5. Bolton, CT |
Fifth March: 22-28 June |
| 6. East Hartford, CT |
Sixth March: 25-28 June |
| 7. Farmington, CT |
Seventh March: 26-29 June |
8. Barnes' Tavern, CT
(present Marion) |
Eighth March: 27-30 June |
| 9. Break Neck, CT |
Ninth March: 28 June-1-July |
| 10. Newtown, CT |
Tenth March: 1-2 July |
| 11. Ridgebury, CT |
Eleventh March: 2-3 July |
12. Bedford, CT
(Only one brigade) |
(part of Eleventh March of 3 July) |
13. North Castle, NY
(Mount Kisco) |
Twelfth March: 6 July |
The allied armies remained at Philipsburg anticipating a major operation against the English at New York City. In August 1781, the decision was made to conduct a strategic march against the English army in Virginia.
Note: numbering of day marches begins anew for this SECOND PHASE of the march to Yorktown. |
| 14. Philipsburg, NY |
First March: 18-19 August |
| 15. Pines Bridge, NY |
Second March: 21 August |
| 16. Hunt's Tavern, NY |
Third March: 22 August |
| 17. King's Ferry, NY |
Fourth March: 24 August |
| 18. Haverstraw, NY |
Fifth March: 25 August |
| 19. Suffern, NY |
Sixth March: 26 August |
| 20. Pompton Meetinghouse, NJ |
Seventh March: 27 August |
| 21. Whippany, NJ |
Eighth March: 27-29 August |
| 22. Bullion's Tavern (Liberty Corner), NJ |
Ninth March: 30 August |
| 23. Somerset Courthouse (Millstone), NJ |
Tenth March: 31 Aug-1 Sep |
| 24. Princeton, NJ |
Eleventh March: 1-2 Sep |
| 25. Trenton, NJ |
Twelfth March: 2-3 Sep |
| 26. Red Lion |
Thirteenth March: 3-4 Sep |
| 27. Philadelphia, PA |
Fourteenth March: 5-6 Sep |
French army paraded past the Continental Congress.
Rochambeau went on a boat from Philadelphia to Chester, where George Washington met him with the news that de Grasse's squadron had arrived at the mouth of the Chesapeake. |
| 28. Chester, PA |
Fifteenth March: 6-7 Sep |
| 29. Wilmington and Newport, DE |
Sixteenth March: 7-8 Sep |
30. Head of Elk, MD
(Where a few French embarked on boats.) |
Seventeenth March: 9 Sep |
| 31. Lower Ferry (Perryville), MD |
Eighteenth March: 10 Sep |
| 32. Bush Town (Harford), MD |
Nineteenth March: 11 Sep |
| 33. White Marsh, MD |
Twentieth March: 12-15 Sep |
| 34. Baltimore, MD |
Twenty-First March: 16 Sep |
| 35. Spurier's Tavern, MD |
Twenty-Second March: 17 Sep |
| 36. Scott's House, MD |
Twenty-Third March: 18-21 Sep |
| 37. Annapolis, MD |
Chesapeake voyage 22-25 Sep |
| At Annapolis, sufficient ships had arrived to transport the army (except for the wagon train and its hussar escort) down the Chesapeake Bay. |
| 38. Archer's Hope, VA |
Twenty-Fourth March: 26-27 Sep |
| 39. Williamsburg, VA |
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28 Sept, the Allied army moved into siege positions around Yorktown, VA |
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