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A Prussian general known for his incredible organizational and tactical skills, von Steuben was almost solely responsible for getting the Patriot troops into shape. But at Valley Forge, Steuben learned that American forces were different than any he had worked with before: rather than blindly following orders, the Patriots demanded generals who treated them as equals, explaining the reasoning behind all of their decisions. Steuben was also likely non-heterosexual, but given centuries of homophobia in the American military, he was forced to keep this part of his identity under wraps.
Baron Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben Quotes in Lafayette in the Somewhat United States
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Washington had also been ruminating on a deeper, less obvious stumbling block than the fact that summer—and summer battle season—was coming all too soon. Namely, that the rebels under his command were not fighting to become free; they were cornered into fighting because the government of Great Britain had failed to understand that they already were. […] Yet the self-respect and self-possession that incited said people to revolt was hindering the revolution goal, independence, because functional armies required hierarchy and self-denial, orders barked and orders followed.
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Baron Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben Quotes in Lafayette in the Somewhat United States
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Pages 126-190
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Washington had also been ruminating on a deeper, less obvious stumbling block than the fact that summer—and summer battle season—was coming all too soon. Namely, that the rebels under his command were not fighting to become free; they were cornered into fighting because the government of Great Britain had failed to understand that they already were. […] Yet the self-respect and self-possession that incited said people to revolt was hindering the revolution goal, independence, because functional armies required hierarchy and self-denial, orders barked and orders followed.
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