FREE Book about the Franco-American Philipsburg Encampment available now

We are proud to announce the release of a fascinating new book about the Franco-American Philipsburg Encampment from July 6, 1781 to August 18, 1781 in Greenburgh, NY. The book can be read online or downloaded free by clicking here.

Distinguished author and scholar, Dr. Robert Selig, has devoted years to researching this seminal event that changed the course of the Revolutionary War. Much of the book is based on primary sources, never published before. It includes new maps using current day roads and identifies many sites in Westchester and Greenburgh. The positions of the 9,000 Continental and French troops throughout the hills and valleys of Greenburgh are described in detail. Other information, such as where they marched, how they were supplied, and their everyday life in camp are included. Importantly, the decisions made by the two allied generals, Washington and Rochambeau, are told from their actual diaries and the words of officers who served under them in 1781.

The book was jointly funded by a grant from NYS Hudson River Valley National Heritage Area, the Town of Greenburgh and the Friends of Odell House Rochambeau Headquarters.