Baron+Friedrich+von+Steuben

Baron Friedrich von Steuben was a military leader in the Revolutionary war. His name he was born with was Friedrich Wilhelm Ludolf Gerhard Augustin von Steuben. The name he had in America was Friedrich Wilhelm Augustus von Steuben. The name he changed to was Friedrich Wilhelm August Heinrich Ferdinand. Baron Von Steuben trained the army to do rapid fire because in the old days the faster you were the better you are.The firing motion of there rapid fire shootings were: Fire! Half-Cock — Firelock! Handle — Cartridge! Prime! Shut — Pan! Charge with Cartridge! Draw — Rammer! Ram down — Cartridge! Return — Rammer! Baron Von Steuben trained the soldiers in the Winter at Valley Forge. Since the soldiers couldn't understand him because he was german he recruited Benjamin Walker to help him talk and cuss at the soldiers. Baron von Stueben also developed camp sanitation. He made the standards of camp sanitation and were the camps or tents would be. These standards were used up to 150 years after that. When he went to virginia he recruited 450 soldiers to Marquis de LaFayette. Stueben got sick and he had to leave but came back in Yorktown. He was a commander for one of the three divisions of George Washington troops. He also wrote the blue book. The blue book describes the arms and clothes and tools of the officers and soldiers, formation and exercise of a company, instruction of recruits, formation and marching, inspection, etc. The firing motion of there rapid fire shootings were:

Fire! . Half-Cock — Firelock! Handle — Cartridge! Prime! Shut — Pan! Charge with Cartridge! Draw — Rammer! Ram down — Cartridge! Return — Rammer! He recruited Benjamin Walker to help him talk and cuss at the soldiers since he was german and they didn't understand him. ====

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