United States - American Revolution - History, United States Army, American Revolutionary War, Military Figures - Biography, American Revolution - Armed Forces, General & Miscellaneous Armed Forces, American Revolution - Individual Battles & Campaigns
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Overview
Baron Friedrich von Steuben was born is Prussia, but came to America to pursue a career in the Continental Army. Friedrich had mastered war tactics and battle techniques while he fought in the Prussian army. Eventually, the Prussian army was reduced in size and Friedrich looked for another army to join. Learn how Friedrich turned a meeting with Benjamin Franklin in Paris into an assignment with George Washington as the general prepared for battle at Valley Forge. Friedrich helped organize the camp and prepare Washington's soldiers for war. Friedrich brought the orgainzational skills and battle tactics that had made the Prussian army so powerful to America. Read about the man whose talent was so great that General Washington appointed him the inspector general of the American army.Book Details
Published
December 15, 2001
Publisher
Philadelphia : Chelsea House Publishers, c2002.
Pages
80
Format
Binding
ISBN
9780791063927