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This was the first time since the Civil War that troops had bivouacked in the federal Capitol.

From Washington Post • Jan. 13, 2021

Such battalions and units as had pushed in had bivouacked exactly where they had halted.

From Indiscreet Letters From Peking Being the Notes of an Eye-Witness, Which Set Forth in Some Detail, from Day to Day, the Real Story of the Siege and Sack of a Distressed Capital in 1900—The Year of Great Tribulation by Putnam Weale, B. L. (Bertram Lenox)

The 6th cavalry division, which had bivouacked on the battlefield, sent on only one brigade towards Forbach, retaining the remainder in reserve.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 1 "Franciscans" to "French Language" by Various

The next morning was chilly and rainy, very dispiriting to the troops, who had bivouacked all night in the public squares, where they had been ill-provided with food and forage.

From France in the Nineteenth Century by Latimer, Elizabeth

Night after night they had bivouacked in the snow.

From The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte Vol. III. (of IV.) by Sloane, William Milligan