Peter Stephen Du Ponceau was a French teenager who came to the United States and helped drill the Continental Army.
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Steuben's Valley - Forging an Army
Baron von Steuben’s extensive military training as Inspector General at Valley forge turned the Continental Army into the fighting force it needed to be victorious in the Revolutionary War.
Baron von Steuben and the Making of the Continental Army
Baron von Steuben did more to turn the ragtag members of the Continental Army into soldiers than anyone else.