Latest Changes: 07Sep21 - link to 2007 Sept W3R-MD report / 07Nov09 - link to 2007 Nov W3R-MD report / 08Feb17 - move to W3R site /
| Research Reports | Wash.-Roch. Rev. Route | France and the Am.Rev. |
| Full Route |
Statement of Historical Significance of the W3R (2003) [PDF]
W3R Study and Environmental Assessment (October 2006) [PDF]
NPS Park Planning Site [PDF files]
has the above plus maps of the historic route and the potential National Historic Trail.
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| MA | Not planned as of 2007 September |
| RI | Completed, report still under review as of 2007 September |
| CT | Vol 1:
Rochambeau in Connecticut: Tracing His Journey
Vol 2: Rochambeau's Cavalry: Lauzun's Legion
Vol 3: The Archaeological Survey. |
| NY | The Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route in the State of New York,
1781-1782 -- An Historical And Architectural Survey, (2001)
The print version has been converted to an almost-identical
W3R-NY report: online version
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| NJ | The Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route
in the State of New Jersey, 1781-1783: An Historical and Architectural Survey,
by Dr. Robert A. Selig (New Jersey Historic Trust, 2006).
See the
descriptions and links to the three volumes.
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| PA | The Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route
in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, 1781-1783: An Historical and Architectural Survey,
by Dr. Robert A. Selig (W3R in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Inc., 2007).
description and links to PDF files [W3R-US site]
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| DE | The Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route in the State of Delaware,
1781-1783 -- An Historical And Architectural Survey, (2003)
http://history.delaware.gov/ Look for SurveyReports.shtml
Warning: This 60 M PDF file takes over 5 min to download on a cable modem connection |
| MD / DC | Marching to Victory - a Guide to the Yorktown Campaign through
Maryland and the District of Columbia, by Robert Reyes and Nicholas Fry
(Maryland and District of Columbia Societies, Sons of the American Revolution, 2007).
report as updated in 2007 Nov (a 2 M PDF file) [W3R-US site]
To order a copy (price is $20) send an Email to bdaniel@typestylesdp.com. Since this 56-page report has many pages with color illustrations it may cost more than $20 to print it on your home printer. |
| VA | Funded and in progress as of 2007 June. |
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Campbell, Charles A.
"Rochambeau Headquarters in Westchester County NY 1781",
article in 1880 Mag. of Amer. Hist. 4 446-48.
The Expédition Particulière Commemorative Cantonment Society
has posted a description of the Expédition Particulière
(or E.P., the French Expeditionary Force)
NPS = National Park Service has a special project area for the W3R at
Reyes, Robert and Nicholas Fry -- see the MD area in the Research Report area Selig, Robert:
Selig, Robert,
with many illustrations by David R. Wagner:
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Benninghoff, Herman:
The Brilliance of Yorktown: March of History, 1781 Command and Control, Allied Style
(224 pages softcover ISBN 1-57747-123-7) $19.95 + $5.00 shipping from
Thomas Publications
Brennan, Linda: The Black Regiment of the American Revolution (Moon Mountain Publ, 2004) OUT OF PRINT is an illustrated book about the First Rhode Island Continental Regiment, written at middle school level.
Jouve, Daniel, Les Amis de La Grive 167 (2002) article on Duportail, who was sent to aid the U.S. by the French government and founded the American Corps of Military Engineers National Park Service: See its excellent site at
The Redwood Library (Newport RI) has posted a helpful
Richardson, Standards and Colors of the American Revlolution (Univ. of Pennsylvania Press, 1982) -- out of print, but may obtained through inter-library loan ARTICLE: Walk Where They Fought: Path to Victory!, by Barnet Schecter and Robert A. Selig
CT --
Walker, Paul K. (Office of History, HQ U.S. Army Corps of Engineers), Engineers of Independence, a Documentary History of the Army Corps of Engineers in the American Revolution (Gov. Printing Office, 1981) Woodbridge, George C., "Rochambeau: two hundred years later", in Journal of the Newport Historical Society 249 (Newport Historical Society, RI, 2004) and following articles on the impacts of French troops presence in the U.S. |
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