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See also:STEUBEN, See also:FREDERICK See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
WILLIAM See also:AUGUSTUS See also:- HENRY
- HENRY (1129-1195)
- HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
- HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
- HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
- HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
- HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
- HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
- HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
- HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
- HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
- HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
- HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
- HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)
HENRY See also:FERDINAND, See also:BARON VON (1730–1794) , See also:German soldier, was See also:born at See also:Magdeburg, See also:Prussia, on the 15th of See also:November 1730, the son of William See also:Augustine Steuben (1699–1783), also a soldier. At fourteen he served as a volunteer in a See also:campaign of the See also:Austrian See also:Succession See also:War. He became a See also:lieutenant in 1753, fought in the Seven Years' War, was made See also:adjutant-See also:general of the See also:free See also:corps in 1754 but re-entered the See also:regular See also:army in 1761, and became an aide to Frederick the See also:Great in 1762. Leaving the army after the war, he was made See also:canon of the See also:cathedral of See also:Havelberg, and subsequently was See also:grand-See also:marshal to the See also:prince of See also:Hohenzollern-Hechingen. In 1777 his friend, the See also:count St Germain, then the See also:French See also:minister of war, persuaded him to go to the assistance of the See also:American colonists, who needed discipline and instruction in military See also:tactics. Steuben arrived at See also:Portsmouth, New See also:Hampshire, on the 1st of See also:December 1777, and offered his services to See also:Congress as a volunteer. In See also:March 1778 he began drilling the inexperienced soldiers at Valley Forge; and by May, when he was made inspector-general, with the See also:rank of See also:major-general, he had established a thorough See also:system of discipline and See also:economy.
Results of his See also:work were shown in the next campaign, particularly at See also:Monmouth, where he rallied the disordered, retreating troops of General See also:Charles See also:- LEE
- LEE (or LEGIT) ROWLAND (d. 1543)
- LEE, ANN (1736–1784)
- LEE, ARTHUR (1740–1792)
- LEE, FITZHUGH (1835–1905)
- LEE, GEORGE ALEXANDER (1802-1851)
- LEE, HENRY (1756-1818)
- LEE, JAMES PRINCE (1804-1869)
- LEE, NATHANIEL (c. 1653-16g2)
- LEE, RICHARD HENRY (1732-1794)
- LEE, ROBERT EDWARD (1807–1870)
- LEE, SIDNEY (1859– )
- LEE, SOPHIA (1950-1824)
- LEE, STEPHEN DILL (1833-1908)
Lee. His Regulations for the See also:- ORDER
- ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
- ORDER, HOLY
Order and Discipline of the Troops of the See also:United States (1779) was of great value to the army. He was a member of the See also:court-See also:martial which tried Major See also:John See also:Andre in 178o, and after General Horatio See also:Gates's defeat at See also:Camden was placed in command of the See also:district of See also:Virginia, with See also:special instructions " to collect, organize, discipline and expedite the recruits for the See also:Southern army." In See also:April 1781 he was superseded in command of Virginia by La Fayette and later took See also:part in the See also:siege of See also:Yorktown. Retiring from the service after the war, he passed the last years of his See also:life at See also:Steubenville, New See also:York, where he died on the 28th of November 1794. New York, Virginia, See also:Pennsylvania and New See also:Jersey gave him grants of See also:land for his services, and Congress passed a See also:vote of thanks and gave him a See also:gold-hilted See also:sword in 1784 and later granted him a See also:pension of $2400.
See Frederick Kapp, The Life of Frederick William von Steuben (New York, 1859) ; and See also:George W. See also:Greene, The German See also:Element in the War of American See also:Independence (See also:Cambridge, See also:Massachusetts, 1876).
End of Article: STEUBEN, FREDERICK WILLIAM AUGUSTUS HENRY FERDINAND, BARON VON (1730–1794)
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