Twenty-first Camp at White Marsh Forge. 24-27 August 1782. Twelve and a half miles from the preceding camp in Baltimore. The army marched in fourdivisions, with Lauzun's Legion vanguard, as far as Trenton. The camp at White Marsh Forge was some 3 miles northeast of the so-called White Marsh camp where the army had stopped on its way south in September 1781; see No. 79. The "Etang" shown on the map is a pond formed by a dam in Honeygo Run, which flows into White Marsh Run, where the forges is also shown. White Marsh Run is the head of Bird (or Back) River, which in turn flows into the Great Falls of the Gunpowder River.

"Twenty-second Camp at Bush Town." 25-28 August 1782. Twelve and a half miles from the preceding camp at White March Forge. The army had bivouacked here at Bush, in a slightly different position, in September 1781; cf. No. 78. The main road leading through the town is present State Route 7. The road branching off to the left is the "road to Bald Friar Ford" (present Maryland State Road 136). On this northward march the entire army proceeded direclty to Lower Ferry, whereas the previous year the artillery and wagons had made a detour via Bald Friar Ford (see note to No. 77). The building shown at the right of the map is Bush Mill; the millrace can be traced from Bynum Run across the highway to the mill.

Twenty-third Camp at Lower Ferry. 26-30 August 1782. Twelve miles from the preceding camp at Bush. There was an extra day's halt here for each of the hour divisions. In September 1781 the army had bivouacked on the west bank of the river (present Havre de Grace side), as shown on map, No. 77. This time the camp was on the east bank (present Perryville side). The entire army, including the artillery and wagons, was ferried across. Von Closen (then accompanying General Rochambeau, who was riding with the First Division) notes in his journal (pp. 227-228) that boats and "skows" had been sent on ahead from Baltimore. "Before crossing the river," he adds, "we had an excellent lunch at the house of the proprietor of the ferry, where we saw one of the pretty local girls--referred to thereaftter in our conversation as Miss Susquehanna."