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

Bourbonnois Brigade Encampment

Photographed by Bernard Fisher, November 25, 2015

1. Bourbonnois Brigade Encampment Marker

Inscription. French infantry troops at Yorktown were organized into three brigades. This brigade, some 1,800 soldiers and officers, was composed of the Bourbonnois and Deux Ponts regiments brought from New York by Rochambeau.

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

Location. 37° 13.5′ N, 76° 32.167′ W. Marker is in Yorktown, Virginia, in York County. It is on Historical Tour Road 0.8 miles west of Crawford Road (County Route 637), on the right when traveling west. 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.

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 was once the

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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: Regiment Royal Deux-Ponts (Zweibrücken) (about 700 feet away, measured in a direct line); Soissonois Regiment (approx. 0.2 miles away); Saintonge Regiment (approx. 0.2 miles away); St. Simon’s Headquarters (approx. 0.4 miles away); Agenois Encampment (approx. 0.6 miles away); A Changed Scene (approx. 0.8 miles away); Baron De Viomenil (approx. one mile away); D’Aboville’s Headquarters (approx. 1.1 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. Bourbonnois Brigade Encampment Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on November 14, 2021. It was originally submitted on November 25, 2015, by Bernard Fisher of Richmond, Virginia. This page has been viewed 591 times since then and 19 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on November 25, 2015, by Bernard Fisher of Richmond, Virginia.