So our ancestors were in camp together! NEAT! What state did that ancestor end up in? Most of mine were NYers.
One of my ancestors was a lawyer who had moved to Quebec City and married a local girl. When the American army surrounded the city, he refused to fight for the British and was thrown out beyond the wall. He joined the American army and was put in charge of building war machines. His family was big into writing scientific papers. When the commanding general was shot, he was with him and was sent to describe the event to Congress. Later, he was captured at the Battle of Long Island. His brother was in the British army and got him off a prison ship. He was a POW for a few years, and he kept himself busy writing more scientific papers. I’ve watched letters between him and General Washington go to auction but couldn’t afford even the opening bids.
Lol, one of my relatives was General Richard Montgomery.
My Yorktown ancestor was a member of a Virginia militia after emigrating (legally) to America from France. He helped serve as an interpreter between the French and Americans at Yorktown. He ended up on the Frontier of what is now West Virginia engaging in an occasional skirmish with the Shawnee.