By 1780, the Americans found their War for Independence at a stalemate. France had previously provided America with supplies and money, but now French ground forces were sent to help turn the tide of the War. General Rochambeau and the French Army allied with General Washington and the Continental Army, journeying hundreds of miles to a victory at Yorktown and, ultimately, the War. - NPS
| Y/M/D | Description | Place |
|---|---|---|
| 1780/07/11 | General Jean Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau, with an army of 450 officers and 5,300 men arrive in Narragansett Bay off Newport, Rhode Island. | Aquidneck Island, RI, |
| 1781/00/00 | March Route of Rochambeau's Army: Ridgebury Road, Ridgefield | |
| 1781/00/00 | Fifth Camp of Rochambeau's Infantry, Bolton | |
| 1781/00/00 | March Route of Rochambeau's Army: Manship Road-Barstow Road, Canterbury, CT | |
| 1781/00/00 | Camps Nos 10 and 41 of Rochambeau's Army, Newtown | |
| 1781/00/00 | March Route of Rochambeau's Army: Palmer Road, Scotland, CT | |
| 1781/00/00 | Fourth Camp of Rochambeau's Army, Windham | |
| 1781/00/00 | March Route of Rochambeau's Army: Bailey Road, Bolton | |
| 1781/00/00 | March Route of Rochambeau's Army: Scotland Road, Windham | |
| 1781/00/00 | March Route of Rochambeau's Army: Old Canterbury Road, Plainfield | |
| 1781/00/00 | March Route of Rochambeau's Army: Reservoir Road, Newtown | |
| 1781/00/00 | March Route Rochambeau's Army-Hutchinson Road, Andover, CT | |
| 1781/06/00 | Capt Ebenezer Faxon watches the parade of General Rochambeau's troops along South Street (now New Britain Avenue). Faxon's homestead was near New Britain Avenue (then called South Street) and South Quaker Lane (East Street). | Sarah Whitman Hooker House, West Hartford, CT |
| 1781/08/00 | Portions of Washington's army march through Bound Brook and over the Stone Arch Bridge en route to Yorktown | Old Stone Arch Bridge, Bound Brook |
| 1781/08/00 | Portions of Washington's army march through Bound Brook and over the Stone Arch Bridge en route to Yorktown | Old Stone Arch Bridge, Middlesex |
| 1781/08/19 | Rochambeau and Washington armies camp at Ardsley and Hartsdale from July 6 to August 19, 1781. | Hartsdale, |
| 1781/08/19 | Rochambeau and Washington armies camp at Ardsley and Hartsdale from July 6 to August 19, 1781. | Ardsley-on-Hudson, |
| 1781/09/14 | Washington and Rochambeau arrive in Williamsburg and prepare for the arrival of the army. According to one witness, "No man ever greeted his mistress with more joy than did Lafayette and Washington greet each other." | Colonial Williamsburg, Williamsburg |
| 1781/09/14 | In September the French fleet arrive to support the Americans, bringing some most welcome rum. Almost every small boat, barge, and even canoes left near the James gathered at Burwell's Ferry near Newport News to form the "Mosquito Fleet." | Kingsmill Plantation, Williamsburg |
| 1782/00/00 | Forty-Seventh Camp of Rochambeau's Army, Windham | |
| 1782/00/00 | Rochambeau's aides the comte de Fersen and the comte de Damas quarter in the Robert Stevens House. | Robert Stevens House, Newport, RI |
| 1782/12/25 | Comte de Rochambeau and his French infantry set sail from Boston Harbor. | Boston Harbor, |
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