Friday, March 18, 2011

Friedrich Wilhem Von Steuben

Friedrich Wilhelm August Heinrich Ferdinand von Steuben was also known as the Baron Von Steuben, he was born in Prussia. He was inspector general of the Continental Army during the American Revolution. In september 22 1777 the continental congress was together in York in Pennsylvania after being kicked out of Philadelphia by the British advance. By February 5, 1778, Baron Von Steuben had offered to volunteer without pay to help the continental Army. By the february 27 Steuben went to report for duty to Washington at  Valley Forge. Steuben spoke little or no English and he often yelled to his translator because he felt frustated because he could´nt comunicate openly with the soldiers. The Baron helped by creating a training program for the Continental Army, this consisted of tough exercises and camp sanitation. These might seem useless but it did work , it taught soldiers discipline and it helped to rencourage them and give them a more powerful reason to fight.



                                                                                                         



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