Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File B. L. Wt. 2128-1100, for Frederick William Von Baron Steuben, New York

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Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File B. L. Wt. 2128-1100, for Frederick William Von Baron Steuben, New York

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Veteran's Service: Continental Res. N.Y.

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Steuben, Friedrich Wilhelm Ludolf Gerhard Augustin, Baron von, 1730-1794

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Baron Friedrich von Steuben; Prussian military officer; reformed and disciplined the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War, subsequently regarded as one of the fathers of the United States Army. Steuben took part in several battles in the Seven Years' War (1756–63), rose to the rank of captain, and became aide-de-camp to Prussian King Frederick the Great, abruptly discharged from the army in 1763. Awarded title Baron in 1771 from his service to Hollenzollern-Hechingen earned him...