Comte de Rochambeau
BIRTH
Jul 1, 1725
Orleanais, France
DEATH
May 10, 1807
Loir-et-Cher, France
FAMILY
FATHER:
Joseph Charles II de Vimeur, Marquis de Rochambeau
(1697-1779)
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Rochambeau, Jean-Baptiste de Vimeur
(1725-1807)
Marshal Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau was a French nobleman and general whose army played a critical role in helping the United States defeat the British Army at Yorktown in 1781 during the American Revolutionary War. He was commander-in-chief of the French expeditionary force sent by France to help the American Continental Army fight against British forces.
GRAVE:
GRAVE
Rochambeau tomb, Thore Cemetery
Cimetière communal de Thoré-la-Rochette, 41100 Thoré-la-Rochette, France
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Donatien-Marie-Joseph de Rochambeau
(1755-1813)
Places | Image | Address | GPS | Site |
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George Washington's Mount Vernon | 3200 Mount Vernon Memorial Hwy, Mt Vernon, VA 22121 | MUSEUM | ||
Colonial Williamsburg | 101 Visitor Center Dr, Williamsburg, VA 23185 | MUSEUM | ||
Yorktown Battlefield National Historical Park | 1000 Colonial Nat'l Historical Pkwy, Yorktown, VA 23690 | MUSEUM | ||
Webb House Museum | 211 Main St, Wethersfield, CT 06109 | MUSEUM | ||
Second Allied Siege Line | Union Road, Yorktown, Virginia, 23690, USA | MUSEUM | ||
Yorktown - Surrender Field | Historical Tour Road, Yorktown, Virginia, 23690, USA | MUSEUM | ||
Jacob Purdy House | 60 Park Ave, White Plains, NY 10601 | MUSEUM | ||
Grand French Battery | Cook Road, Yorktown, Virginia, 23690, USA | MUSEUM | ||
Cummings Tavern | 1203 MD-276, Port Deposit, MD 21904 | MUSEUM | ||
George Wythe House | 101 Palace Green St, Williamsburg, VA 23185 | MUSEUM | ||
Battle of Rhode Island 1778 Marker | 168 E Main Rd, Portsmouth, RI 02871 | MARKER | ||
Washington-Rochambeau Route-Fairfax Marker | Richmond Highway, Woodlawn, Virginia, 22309, USA | MARKER | ||
Washington-Rochambeau Route Scotland Marker | 36 Huntington Road, Scotland, Connecticut, 06264, USA | MARKER | ||
Washington-Rochambeau Port Tobacco Marker | 8430 Chapel Point Rd, Port Tobacco, MD 20677 | MARKER | ||
Washington-Rochambeau Ridgefield Marker | 7 Old Stagecoach Rd, Ridgefield, CT 06877 | MARKER | ||
Washington-Rochambeau Camp 5 Marker | Hebron Road, Bolton, Connecticut, 06043, USA | MARKER | ||
Washington-Rochambeau Route - Portsmouth | 644 Bristol Ferry Rd, Portsmouth, RI 02871 | MARKER | ||
Washington-Rochambeau Route-Alexandria Encampment Marker | 515 N Washington St Apartment 103, Alexandria, VA 22314 | MARKER | ||
Washington-Rochambeau Baltimore Marker | 201 W Monument St, Baltimore, MD 21201 | MARKER | ||
Washington-Rochambeau Route Waterbury Marker | 144 West Main Street, Waterbury, Connecticut, 06702, USA | MARKER | ||
Washington Rochambeau Route-Hanover Marker | 13181 Hanover Courthouse Rd, Hanover, VA 23069 | MARKER | ||
Washington-Rochambeau Route | 3575 Valley Rd, Basking Ridge, NJ 07920 | MARKER | ||
Washington-Rochambeau Marker - CT | 169 West Town Street, Lebanon, Connecticut, 06249, USA | MARKER | ||
Philadelphia Center Square Marker | 1400 John F Kennedy Blvd, Philadelphia, PA 19107 | MARKER | ||
Royal Deux -Ponts Memorial | 2029 Sunset Lake Rd #2629, Newark, DE 19702 | MARKER | ||
Harford Town Marker | 4004 Philadelphia Rd, Abingdon, MD 21009 | MARKER | ||
Rochambeau Post Road Marker | 1101 Revolution St, Havre De Grace, MD 21078 | MARKER | ||
Rochambeau Crossing Marker | Yankee Expressway, Newtown, Connecticut, 06482, USA | MARKER | ||
Indians Springs Marker | 856 Priestford Rd, Darlington, MD 21034 | MARKER | ||
Belvoir/Scott's Plantation Marker | 1489 Generals Hwy, Crownsville, MD 21032 | MARKER | ||
Rochambeau Route Marker | 2 Fan Hill Rd, Monroe, CT 06468 | MARKER | ||
Waterman Tavern Marker | 463 Chaplin Dr, Coventry, RI 02816 | MARKER | ||
Bald Friar Ford & Ferry Marker | 749 Old Conowingo Rd, Conowingo, MD 21918 | MARKER | ||
Wadsworth House Marker | 1 Gold St APT 24K, Hartford, CT 06103 | MARKER | ||
Pennypack Creek Bridge Marker | 8341-8351 Frankford Ave, Philadelphia, PA 19136 | MARKER | ||
Whitemarsh Marker | 5422 Ebenezer Rd, White Marsh, MD 21162 | MARKER | ||
Trebell's Landing Marker | 8797 Pocahontas Trail, Williamsburg, VA | MARKER | ||
Lauzun Encampment Marker | 562 Chapel Street, New Haven, Connecticut, 06511, USA | MARKER | ||
French Army Encampment Marker | 3541 Valley Road, Bernards Township, New Jersey, 07938, USA | MARKER | ||
Rochambeau Encampment Marker | 261 Bolton Center Road, Bolton, Connecticut, 06043, USA | MARKER | ||
Brandywine Village Marker | 1800 N Market St, Wilmington, DE 19802 | MARKER | ||
Rochambeau Landing Marker | 125 Wellington Ave, Newport, RI 02840 | MARKER | ||
Rochambeau's Crossing Marker | 259 MD-7, Perryville, MD 21903 | MARKER | ||
A French Legion Kept Watch Marker | 818 N Market St, Wilmington, DE 19801 | MARKER | ||
Ridgebury Marker | 605 Ridgebury Rd, Ridgefield, CT 06877 | MARKER |
DIED:
Loir-et-Cher, France
May 10, 1807
Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur was born in Vendôme, in the province of Orléanais, and he was educated at the Jesuit college in Blois. After the death of his elder brother, he entered a cavalry regiment and served in Bohemia, Bavaria, and on the Rhine during the War of the Austrian Succession. By 1747, he had attained the rank of colonel. He took part in the siege of Maastricht and became governor of Vendôme in 1749. He distinguished himself in the Battle of Minorca on the Seven Years' War outbreak and was promoted to Brigadier General of infantry. In 1758, he fought in Germany, notably in the Battle of Krefeld and the Battle of Clostercamp, receiving several wounds at Clostercamp.
In 1780, Rochambeau was appointed commander of land forces as part of the project code-named Expédition Particulière. He was given the rank of Lieutenant General in command of 7,000 French troops and sent to join the Continental Army under George Washington.
He landed at Newport, Rhode Island on 10 July but was held there inactive for a year due to his reluctance to abandon the French fleet blockaded by the British in Narragansett Bay. The College in the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations (now Brown University) served as an encampment site for some of Rochambeau's troops. In July 1781, the force left Rhode Island and marched across Connecticut to join Washington on the Hudson River in Mount Kisco, New York. The Odell farm served as Rochambeau's headquarters from 6 July to 18 August 1781.
Washington and Rochambeau then marched their combined forces to the siege of Yorktown and the Battle of the Chesapeake. On 22 September, they combined with the Marquis de Lafayette's troops and forced Cornwallis to surrender on 19 October.