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Soissonois Regiment

 
 
Soissonois Regiment Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Bernard Fisher, November 25, 2015
1. Soissonois Regiment Marker
Inscription. These 900 men were quartered here during the Siege. Professional soldiers, many fought again for France on other fields as did the regimental commander Marquis de Saint Maime. He became a Lieutenant-General in 1792 and fought under Napoleon.
 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: War, US Revolutionary. A significant historical year for this entry is 1781.
 
Location. 37° 13.533′ N, 76° 32.333′ W. Marker is in Yorktown, Virginia, in York County. Marker is on Historical Tour Road, one mile west of Crawford Road (County Route 637), on the right when traveling east. Located in the French Encampment Area of the Yorktown Battlefield. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Yorktown VA 23690, United States of America. Touch for directions.
 
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies. Saintonge Regiment (here, next to this marker); Bourbonnois Brigade Encampment (approx. 0.2 miles away); Regiment Royal Deux-Ponts (Zweibrücken) (approx. 0.2 miles away); St. Simon’s Headquarters (approx. ¼ mile away); Agenois Encampment (approx. 0.4 miles away); A Changed Scene (approx. 0.9 miles away); Baron De Viomenil (approx. 1.1 miles away); D’Aboville’s Headquarters (approx. 1.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Yorktown.
 
Also see . . .  Yorktown Battlefield.
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Colonial National Historical Park, National Park Service (Submitted on November 26, 2015.) 
 
Saintonge Regiment Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Bernard Fisher
2. Saintonge Regiment Marker
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on November 14, 2021. It was originally submitted on November 26, 2015, by Bernard Fisher of Richmond, Virginia. This page has been viewed 333 times since then and 9 times this year. Photos:   1. submitted on November 26, 2015, by Bernard Fisher of Richmond, Virginia.   2. submitted on November 25, 2015, by Bernard Fisher of Richmond, Virginia.

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