Steuben, Friedrich Wilhelm Ludolf Gerhard Augustin, Baron von, 1730-1794
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Steuben, Friedrich Wilhelm Ludolf Gerhard Augustin, Baron von, 1730-1794
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Steuben
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Friedrich Wilhelm Ludolf Gerhard Augustin
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Steuben, Frederick William Augustus Henry Ferdinand von, Baron
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Steuben, Frederick William Augustus Henry Ferdinand von, Baron
Steuben, Frederick William Augustus Henry Ferdinand von, Baron (Bound Brook, N. J.)
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Steuben, Frederick William Augustus Henry Ferdinand von, Baron (Bound Brook, N. J.)
Steuben, Frederick William Augustus Henry Ferdinand von, Baron (Fishkill, N. Y.)
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Steuben, Frederick William Augustus Henry Ferdinand von, Baron (Fishkill, N. Y.)
Steuben, Frederick William Augustus Henry Ferdinand von, Baron (Fort Plane, N. Y.)
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Steuben, Frederick William Augustus Henry Ferdinand von, Baron (Fort Plane, N. Y.)
Steuben, Frederick William Augustus Henry Ferdinand von, Baron (New York)
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Steuben, Frederick William Augustus Henry Ferdinand von, Baron (New York)
Steuben, Frederick William Augustus Henry Ferdinand von, Baron (Philadelphia, Pa.)
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Steuben, Frederick William Augustus Henry Ferdinand von, Baron (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Steubem Friedrich Wilhelm Ludolg Gerhard Augustin, Baron von, 1730-1794.
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Steubem Friedrich Wilhelm Ludolg Gerhard Augustin, Baron von, 1730-1794.
Steuben, Frederick William Augustus, Baron von, 1730-1794
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Steuben, Friedrich Wilhelm, Baron von, 1730-1794
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Von Steuben, Friedrich Wilhelm Ludolf Gerhard Augustin, 1730-1794
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Von Steuben
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Friedrich Wilhelm Ludolf Gerhard Augustin
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Stuben, Baron de (Friedrich Wilhelm Ludolf Gerhard Augustin), 1730-1794
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Steuben, Baron (Friedrich Wilhelm Ludolf Gerhard Augustin von), 1730-1794
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von Steuben, Friedrich Wilhelm Ludolf Gerhard Augustin Louis, 1730-1794
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von Steuben
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Friedrich Wilhelm Ludolf Gerhard Augustin Louis
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von Steuben Friedrich Wilhelm August Heinrich Ferdinand 1730-1794
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Friedrich Wilhelm August Heinrich Ferdinand
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Pierre Etienne [Peter Stephen] Duponceau was the aide-de-camp to Baron von Steuben during the American Revolution.
Prussian army officer who trained the American forces during the American Revolution.
Prussian army officer, volunteered service to United States in Revolution; as Inspector General of Continental Army introduced drilling procedures and directed reorganization; later assisted in plans for national defense.
General of the American Revolution.
Continental Army officer.
Steuben was German-born, came to the American colonies after meeting Benjamin Franklin in Paris in 1777, and was credited with bringing military discipline and skill to the American Revolutionary Army. At the conclusion of the U.S. Revolutionary War he settled permanently in the U.S., was granted citizenship, and eventually settled in upper New York State. General Benjamin Walker was one of two individuals who inherited Steuben's estate.
Army officer.
Continental Army officer; reformer of its organization and discipline.
Prussian army officer, volunteered service to the United States in the Revolution; as Inspector General of the Continental Army he introduced drilling procedures and directed reorganization, and later assisted in plans for national defense. After the Revolution he settled in New York City and in 1786 the state of New York granted him 16,000 acres near Utica.
Steuben was a Prussian professional soldier and military expert. During the American Revolution, he served as inspector general of the Continental Army. After the Revolution, he became an American citizen and settled in New York. William North and Benjamin Walker were Steuben's aides-de-camp in the Continental Army and became heirs and executors of his estate.
Steuben served as Major General Inspector General of the Continental Army.
Prussian army officer, volunteered service to the United States during the Revolution. As inspector general of the Continental Army he introduced drilling procedures and directed reorganization, and later assisted in plans for the national defense. Steuben never married, but adopted and made heirs of his American aides-de-camp, William North and Benjamin Walker.
General of the American Revolution.
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