Lafayette had not seen the field [Brandywine] since he had received his baptism of fire there over three years earlier and, wounded, had been taken care of by Gimat, who was then his aide. Benjamin Ring, the Quaker with whom Lafayette had made his quarters before the battle, was glad to see him again and to accommodate him and some of his friends for the night (the nearest inn not having room for all of them). In the morning they united to go over the field once more, guided by a major who lived in the neighborhood and, having fought in the battle himself, knew the ground well.
Lafayette In America by Louis Gottschalk, Book 3, pg. 161. After a collection of Lafayette’s family, friends, and acquaintances from France arrived to fight in America, the group revisited the sight of Laf’s wounding as they passed through the country. The group consisted of Thomas-Antoine de Mauduit du Plessis, Jean-Joseph Gimat de Soubadère, François Jean de Beauvoir (Marquis de Chastellux), Lafayette’s favorite brother-in-law who had finally joined him in the United States...Louis Marc Antoine de Noailles (Vicomte), Étienne-Charles de Damas-Crux, someone listed as M. de Montesquieu, and a Mr. Finch.
