page_title: Washington–Rochambeau Revolutionary Route
section_title: Williamsburg and Alexandria
hierarchical_section_title: Washington–Rochambeau Revolutionary Route / Pennsylvania to Virginia / Williamsburg and Alexandria
caption_attribution_description: English: Photo of the Washington Rochambeau Route Wagon Road at Wolf Run Shoals on the Occoquan River near Clifton Virginia, July 2019.
context_page_description: The Washington–Rochambeau Revolutionary Route is a 680-mile series of roads used in 1781 by the Continental Army under the command of George Washington and the Expédition Particulière under the command of Jean-Baptiste de Rochambeau during their 14-week march from Newport, Rhode Island to Yorktown, Virginia. The route is a designated National Historic Trail with interpretive literature, signs, and exhibits that describe the key role of French diplomatic, military, and economic aid to the United States during the American Revolutionary War.
context_section_description: Washington, Rochambeau, and their staffs arrived in Williamsburg, Virginia on September 14, gathering the troops and supplies to begin the siege at Yorktown. The allied supply wagon train arrived in Alexandria, Virginia after a two-day march from Georgetown in late September, including crossing the Potomac River. It occupied an area of approximately half a mile, north of Oronoco Street and bisected by Washington Street (subsequently the Robert E. Lee Boyhood Home). The wagon train left Alexandria on September 26, heading west, then south.
  Washington ordered construction of a wagon road to Wolf Run Shoals on the Occoquan River near Woodbridge, Virginia. The combined American-French force followed this road and crossed the Occoquan to the south on September 27. The wagon train followed modern Virginia State Route 234 to Dumfries, then followed the King's Highway south near Triangle. By the end of September, the wagon train was at Trebell's Landing on the James River, and was then conveyed overland about six miles to the siege lines at Yorktown. The accompanying troops disembarked at landings near Williamsburg.
caption: Washington Rochambeau Wagon Road trail above Wolf Run Shoals near Clifton, Virginia, as it appeared in July 2019
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