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Saintonge Regiment

 
 
Saintonge Regiment Marker image. Click for full size.
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. 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. 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
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National Historical Park, National Park Service (Submitted on November 25, 2015.) 
 
Saintonge Regiment Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Bernard Fisher, November 25, 2015
2. Saintonge Regiment Marker
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on March 17, 2024. It was originally submitted on November 25, 2015, by Bernard Fisher of Richmond, Virginia. This page has been viewed 356 times since then and 19 times this year. Last updated on March 17, 2024, by Carl Gordon Moore Jr. of North East, Maryland. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on November 25, 2015, by Bernard Fisher of Richmond, Virginia.

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