Col. Charles Armand (1751-1793)

In summer 1779, established a barracks for his Partisan Legion near the intersection of Barrack Hill and Old West Mountain Rds.
Col. Charles Armand Tuffin

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Colonel Charles Armand Tuffin, Marquis de la Rouërie
Charles Armand Tuffin, Marquis de la Rouërie.
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Armand, Col. Charles (1751-1793), officially, Charles Armand Tuffin, Marquis de la Rouërie, was a French cavalry officer and wealthy French nobleman who fought with colonists during Revolution; In summer 1779, he established a barracks for his Partisan Legion near the intersection of Barrack Hill and Old West Mountain Rds. from which his men attacked the British and protected patriots in Westchester and Putnam Counties. Some of his cavalrymen also patrolled the area to apprehend marauders, deserters, rioters, stragglers, and other soldiers found guilty of violating the General Orders.

Silvio A. Bedini, Ridgefeld in Review, 1958.

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