Show baron von steuben frederick william Wll liim augustus henry ferdinand baron von steuben St euhen was it prussian officer on the start staff of fred crick the great nho lio came to amerl ca late in 1777 at and offered ills his services to the continental congress as a vol inteer of officer licer general washington at once appreciated the worth of lucli a trained soldier and made him inslee tor general at valley forge in spite of 0 the hardships under which the arm laed that winter von steuben changed them from a mob into well drilled troops As a reward congress gave him the rank of major general and in specter general of the entire army upon retirement lie was given a grant of land and at what Is now Steu steubenville benville N Y where lie he lived until his death in 1704 |