Forty-Seventh Camp of Rochambeau's Army
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{{Infobox NRHP
| name = Forty-Seventh Camp of Rochambeau's Army
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| image = WindhamCT RochambeauCamp47.jpg
| caption = Rochambeau Camp 47 site
| location = Scotland Rd., Windham, Connecticut
| coordinates = {{coord|41|42|9|N|72|9|0|W|display=inline,title}}
| locmapin = Connecticut#USA
| built = {{start date|1782}}
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| architecture =
| added = January 23, 2003
| area = {{convert|15|acre|ha}}
| mpsub = [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NRHP/Text/64500789.pdf Rochambeau's Army in Connecticut, 1780-1782 MPS]
| refnum = 02001732{{NRISref|2009a}}
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The Forty-Seventh Camp of Rochambeau's Army is a historic military camp site in Windham, Connecticut, located along Scotland Road a short way east of Windham Center. It was the site of a French Army camp in November 1782 on their march from the victory at Yorktown to Rhode Island. The camp site is considered of archaeological importance because it can shed light on transient military camp sites, whose locations are not often known. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2003.
Description and history
Rochambeau's 47th camp was, according to a map prepared by a French military engineer, located on both sides of Scotland Road, between Ballamahack Road and Middle Hill Road, east of the village center of Windham. The modern roadway, designated Connecticut Route 14, is one of the most evocative sections of the army's march route in terms if its landscape, and is also listed on the National Register.{{cite web|url=http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NRHP/Text/03000314.pdf |title=National Register of Historic Places Registration: March Route of Rochambeau's Army: Scotland Road |date=December 5, 2002 |author=Mary Harper and Bruce Clouette |publisher=National Park Service}} and [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NRHP/Photos/03000314.pdf Accompanying six photos, from 2001 (see photo captions page 6 of text document)] The site occupied by the army is about {{convert|15|acre|ha}} in size, with the street-facing sections lined with stone walls.
When the French Army marched west from Providence to the area outside New York City in 1781, its chosen site in Windham was the fourth camp, and was located west of Windham Center on the banks of the Shetucket River. French diarists described the route west of Windham as being particularly difficult.{{cite web |url=http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NRHP/Text/64500789.pdf |title=National Register of Historic Places Multiple Property Documentation: Rochambeau's Army in Connecticut, 1780-1782 MPS |date=October 22, 2001 |author=Bruce Clouette and Mary Harper |publisher=National Park Service |access-date=July 20, 2010 |archive-date=October 10, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121010081236/http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NRHP/Text/64500789.pdf |url-status=dead }} An enlisted man in the first brigade recounted having a rest day at this site on the return march, where they were joined by the second brigade "in frightful weather".{{cite web|url=http://www.hudsonrivervalley.org/themes/pdfs/rochambeau_in_connecticut.pdf|title=Rochambeau in Connecticut|publisher=Hudson River Valley Institute|accessdate=2018-01-24}}
See also
References
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Category:Military facilities on the National Register of Historic Places in Connecticut
Category:Buildings and structures in Windham County, Connecticut
Category:Historic places on the Washington–Rochambeau Revolutionary Route
Category:American Revolution on the National Register of Historic Places