Rochambeau’s French Army At Breakneck

About the Book

After the American victory at Saratoga in 1777, France formally entered the Revolutionary War under the command of General Rochambeau. In 1780, over 5,000 French troops landed in Rhode Island and later marched through Connecticut to join General Washington's army on the way to the decisive victory at Yorktown. This book tells the powerful story of that journey - focusing on their encampment at Breakneck Hill - and honors the sacrifice of the thousands of French soldiers whose courage helped secure America's independence.

About the Author

Raymond E. Sullivan, M.D. is a retired General and Oncologic Surgeon, with a life-long interest in New England and Revolutionary War history. He is a Docent and Regimental Surgeon with General John Glover’s Marblehead Regiment of the Revolution (14th Continentals). Sullivan is a lecturer for the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at Waterbury, Connecticut’s UConn Campus and is the author of several books on subjects of American History. He is a member of the Middlebury Historical Society, the W3R National Association and the Winthrop Society, with a family history tracing back to 1630, with the arrival of John Winthrop’s Fleet in Salem, Massachusetts. Several members in his ancestry fought in the American War of Revolution, including his fourth Great Grandfather, David Alcock of Wolcott. He lives with his wife Joan on the hill just to the east of Breakneck in Middlebury, Connecticut. As we gaze across the valley to the hill upon which the French army encamped, to quote the aforementioned Dr. James Thacher, “a splendid world opens to our view, romantic and picturesque,” and assuredly historic!