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Photographer: Charles Fenno Jacobs (courtesy of the Library of Congress)
Taken: May 23, 1942
Caption: Rochambeau Monument
Additional Description: “Southington, Connecticut. Monument paying tribute to Count de Rochambeau and other Frenchmen who under Lafayette aided the American colonies in their fight for independence. The site of the monument is French Hill, where Rochambeau's army encamped in 1781. The tablet, inscribed with the general's message to Washington, is on the monument site.” Photo by Fenno Jacobs

Rochambeau's
Address to
Washington
I am the friend of your friends
and the foe of your foes
I shall serve with all my
ability henceforth under the
command of Your Excellency
1861--1865
Capt. Samuel S. Woodruff 20th C.V.
Lieut. Charles Clark 20th C.V.
Lieut. Andrew Barnes 20th C.V.
James V Johnson, 20th C.V.
William James 20th C.V.
Charles H. Johnson, 20th C.V.
Stephen Walkley, 7th C.V.
Charles D. Barnes 15th C.V.
Thomas R. Walker, 16th C.V.
Dwight Lewis, 20th C.V.
William Eagan, 9th C.V.
Peter Walsh, 9th C.V.
Submitted: May 26, 2019, by Allen C. Browne of Silver Spring, Maryland.
Database Locator Identification Number: p476433
File Size: 6.570 Megabytes

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