 And six years later, the French, under General Rochambeau, would march through Danbury. They went to Yorktown, Virginia, to help finish off the British occupation of the colonies. On their way to Yorktown, they camped in Ridgebury. But on their way back, after helping to defeat the British, the French soldiers camped in Danbury. Where did they pitch their tents? Right on the other side of South Street from where Nehemiah Dibble's house was, the house where General David Worcester died.