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Frederick William Augustus Henry Ferdinand Baron von Steuben, born in Prussia on September 17, 1730, and died in New York on November 28, 1794, served as aide-de-camp to Frederick the Great of Prussia before offering his sword to the American colonies. He was appointed Major General and Inspector General in the Continental Army, where he gave military training and discipline to the citizen soldiers who achieved the independence of the United States. Colonel William North and Major Benjamin Walker were aides and friends of General von Steuben.
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