Washington–Rochambeau Revolutionary Route
The Washington–Rochambeau Revolutionary Route is a 680-mile (1,090 km) series of roads used in 1781 by the Continental Army under the command of George Washington and the Expédition Particulière under the command of Jean-Baptiste de Rochambeau during their 14-week march from Newport, Rhode Island, to Yorktown, Virginia.
Washington at Princeton by Charles Willson Peale (1779)
Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau
Brown University's University Hall was used as a hospital for injured troops
Landing of a French auxiliary army in Newport, Rhode Island on July 11, 1780 under the command of the Comte de Rochambeau
Expédition Particulière was the codename given by the Kingdom of France for the plan to sail French land forces to North America to support the colonists against Britain in the American Revolutionary War. Numbering 5,500 troops, the expedition arrived in America on 11 July 1780, led by the Comte de Rochambeau.
Landing of a French auxiliary army in Newport, Rhode Island on 11 July 1780, under the command of Comte de Rochambeau
Siège de Yorktown by Auguste Couder, c.1836. Rochambeau and Washington giving their last orders before the battle.
