Baron von Steuben

This article is about the American Revolutionary officer. For ships of the same name, please see the Von Steuben disambiguation page Friedrich Wilhelm Ludolf Gerhard Augustin Steuben, Baron von Steuben (* September 17, 1730; † November 28, 1794) was a German-Prussian General who served with George Washington in the American Revolutionary War and is credited with teaching the Continental Army the essentials of military drill and discipline. He reorganized the Continental Army and guided it to victory.
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