**Newport, Rhode Island: Crossroads of Revolution**
PEOPLE
Comte d'Estaing
French Admiral, Fleet Commander, Alliance Naval Leader
Comte de Rochambeau
French Army Commander, Lieutenant General, Alliance Leader
William Barton
Continental Army Officer, Lieutenant Colonel, Raid Leader
General Richard Prescott
British Commander, Occupation Governor, Prisoner of War
KEY EVENTS
Rochambeau's Army Departs Newport for Yorktown
Jun 1781
Rochambeau's French Army Arrives in Newport
Jul 1780
French Army Marches from Newport Toward Yorktown
Jun 1781
Washington's Letter to the Hebrew Congregation of Newport
Aug 1790
British Occupation of Newport Begins
Dec 1776
Battle of Rhode Island
Aug 1778
STORIES
HISTORICAL VOICE
The Regiment That Fought for Someone Else's Freedom
The 1st Rhode Island Regiment was formed out of desperation. By early 1778, Rhode Island could not fill its Continental Army quota with white volunteers. The state legislature voted to allow enslaved ...
MODERN VOICE
What Three Years of Occupation Cost
People visit Newport today and see the mansions, the harbor, the preserved colonial architecture. What they do not see is the town that was destroyed between 1776 and 1779. The British occupation of N...