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Friedrich Wilhelm August Heinrich Ferdinand Steuben (born Friedrich Wilhelm Ludolf Gerhard Augustin von Steuben; September 17, 1730 – November 28, 1794), also referred to as Baron von Steuben, was a Prussian and later an American military officer. He served as Inspector General and a Major General of the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War. He is credited with being one of the fathers of the Continental Army in teaching them the essentials of military drills, tactics, and disciplines.[1] He wrote Regulations for the Order and Discipline of the Troops of the United States, the book that served as the standard United States drill manual until the War of 1812.[2] He served as General George Washington's chief of staff in the final years of the war.

Baron von Steuben’s exits from the court of Hohenzollern-Hechingen and from Paris were under clouds of accusations.[28] Von Steuben arrived in the United States with his 17-year-old secretary, Peter Stephen Du Ponceau, who is rumored to have been his nephew.[29] At Valley Forge, he began close relationships with Benjamin Walker and William North, then both military officers in their 20s, which are assumed by many to have been rivals.[30] Because homosexuality was criminalized at the time, records of his relationships are limited to references in correspondences. Von Steuben formally adopted Walker and North and made them his heirs.[31] A third young man, John W. Mulligan, also considered himself one of Steuben's "sons"; he inherited Von Steuben's vast library, collection of maps and $2,500 in cash.[32] Following Baron Steuben's death, North divided the property bequeathed to him among his military companions.

Von Steuben died on November 28, 1794, at his estate in Oneida County,[33] and was buried in a grove at what became the Steuben Memorial State Historic Site.[34] The estate became part of the town of Steuben, New York, which was named for him.

Steuben did not marry and had no children. He did not care much for his European relatives.[4] Thus, he left his estate to his companions and aides-de-camp, Captain Benjamin Walker and Major General William North, with whom he had had an "extraordinarily intense emotional relationship ... treating them as surrogate sons."[35]


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  1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedrich_Wilhelm_von_Steuben