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

French Hospital

Photographed by Don Morfe, December 9, 2011

1. French Hospital Marker

Inscription. Across the field to your right, Hudson Allan's plantation building dominated the 1781 scene. Barns and sheds as well as mansions were useful to the French for field hospital purposes.

Erected by National Park Service.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: War, US Revolutionary. A significant historical year for this entry is 1781.

Location. 37° 12.166′ N, 76° 30.351′ W. Marker is in Yorktown, Virginia, in York County. It is on Battlefield Tour Road half a mile west of Surrender Road (Virginia Route 634), on the right. Marker is located in the American 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.

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,

and in the Tidewater.

Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what

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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 walking distance of this marker: Steuben’s Division (about 500 feet away, measured in a direct line); Baron Von Steuben (approx. 0.2 miles away); Surrender Field (approx. 0.4 miles away); Headquarters Site of the Quartermaster General (approx. 0.4 miles away); Trophies of War (approx. 0.4 miles away); Ground Your Firelocks! (approx. 0.4 miles away); Brotherhood Preserved (approx. 0.4 miles away); In Solemn Step (approx. 0.4 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Yorktown.

Also see . . . Yorktown National Battlefield. (Submitted on December 5, 2012.)

Photographed by J. Makali Bruton, October 23, 2016

2. French Hospital Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on October 24, 2016. It was originally submitted on December 5, 2012, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. This page has been viewed 683 times since then and 28 times this year. Photos: 1. submitted on December 5, 2012, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. 2. submitted on October 24, 2016, by J. Makali Bruton of Washington, District of Columbia. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.