Friedrich Von Steuben

Friedrich Von Steuben, was a Prussian military officer. He became a Prussian soldier when he was 17. Steuben participated in the winter encampment of Valley Forge. He was an inspector general under George Washington. His job was to train the Continental Army. He trained the army even in winter, when they were fighting in Valley Forge. That is why the army learned so many tactics and discipline of a true army.

Even though he didn't know how to speak English, he wrote the Revolutionary War drill manual. This manual became the standard drill manual used by the US military until the war of 1812. Alexander Hamilton and Nathanael Greene translate this into English. As I said before, Steuben was Prussian, so all the tactics that he teached were Prussian. All those Prussian tactics were more advanced that the European ones. He forced the Americans to learn the tactics so that they could get used to them. That is why, later on, Washington commanded that Steuben should be named inspector general of the Continental Army.

This man that is in this picture is Friedrich Von Steuben. This is how he looks, he is dress as an officer(kind of). As you may see carefully, he has somethings in his clothes. He has a blue medal and a red medal. Over to the your right, you will see that he has a bigger medal. It's a big star, and inside it has some of red. I tried to investigate what each medal meant but I didn't find out. Maybe if you find something about the medals, what do they mean, and why did he got them, you are welcome to live a comment. Anyway, I think those medals were really significant and he really deserved them.