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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 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 | |
28 Sept, the Allied army moved into siege positions around Yorktown, VA |
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Complete 1781 Route |
Complete 2006 Route |
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or narrow the 1781 schedule by state: Rhode Island Connecticut New York to Virginia |
or narrow the 2006 schedule by state: Rhode Island Connecticut New York to Virginia |
