Yorktown in York County, Virginia — The American South (Mid-Atlantic)

Saintonge Regiment

Photographed by Bernard Fisher, November 25, 2015

1. Saintonge Regiment Marker

Inscription.
During the siege the Marquis De Custine was encamped here with his troops. After Yorktown the Marquis served in the French Assembly and commanded armies in France. He was guillotined during the terrible days of the French Revolution.

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. It is on Historical Tour Road one mile west of Crawford Road (County Route 637), on the right when traveling east. The marker stands in the French Encampment Area of the Yorktown Battlefield. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 407 Boundary Rd, Yorktown VA 23690, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is on Virginia’s Peninsula,

in Coastal Virginia,

and in the Hampton Roads Metropolitan Area.

It is also in the American South,

specifically in the Upper South,

in the Tidewater,

and on the Eastern Seaboard. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

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and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the original Thirteen Colonies,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Soissonois 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. Colonial National Historical Park, National Park Service (Submitted on November 25, 2015.)

Photographed by Bernard Fisher, November 25, 2015

2. Saintonge Regiment Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on August 31, 2026. It was originally submitted on November 25, 2015, by Bernard Fisher of Richmond, Virginia. This page has been viewed 591 times since then and 47 times this year. Last updated on August 29, 2026, by Carl Gordon Moore Jr. of North East, Maryland. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on November 25, 2015, by Bernard Fisher of Richmond, Virginia. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.