Abstract

The Washington-Rochambeau-Revolutionary-Route Traverse of Washington DC Using GIS
Track: Community Projects and Partnerships
Author(s): Ronald Anderson

Using GIS&T to describe the Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route traverse of modern day Washington DC.

The route is essentially defined by the march taken by the Continental Army of George Washington, and by the French Army of comte de Rochambeau, on their way to ultimate victory in the American Revolution at the siege of Yorktown in 1781. The route also includes the march of the French army in 1782, as it returned back north to Boston. The approximately 600-mile route, passes through Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland and Virginia.

The online Rochambeau Map Collection (40 manuscript and 26 printed maps, and a manuscript atlas) Library of Congress, will be analyzed for reference points, that will be used to describe (plot) a traverse layer of Maryland and Virginia, this layer will be combined with both historical and modern day layers of Washington DC.

Ronald Anderson
Benjamin Harrison Society 4-H Club
1380 Monroe Street NW
Suite 535
Washington , District of Columbia 20010
United States
Phone: 202 421-8151
E-mail: randerson@benjamin-harrison-society.org