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Baron Von Steuben's Revolutionary War Drill Manual (1794)

por Frederick William Baron von Steuben

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On February 23, 1778, Frederick William Baron von Steuben reported to General George Washington at the Continental Army's bleak winder encampment at Valley Forge. Speaking virtually no English and at an unexpected ebb in his professional fortunes, Steuben nevertheless brought a depth of military training and grasp of command techniques sorely needed by the bedraggled, ragtag army. With his lofty military reputation, forceful bearing, and colorful personality, the Prussian commander had an immediate galvanizing effect on the disorganized insurgents. He soon became one of Washington's most valued officers -- an essential figure in the success of the American War of Independence. Commissioned to mold the troops into an efficient fighting force, Steuben formed a model drill company of one hundred men, transformed it into a precision unit copied throughout the ranks, and captured the imagination of the entire army. His record of drill instructions, written in brief installments, grew into the Regulations for the Order and Discipline of the Troops of the United States. Commonly known as the army's "blue book," this basic manual of military training and procedures remained the official U.S. military guide until 1812.   This inexpensive facsimile reproduces the extremely rare 1794 edition of Steuben's drill manual, published in Boston by I. Thomas and E. T. Andrews. It describes in detail the arms and accoutrements of officers and soldiers, formation and exercise of a company, instruction of recruits, formation and marching of columns, disposition and firing of fieldpieces, laying out of a camp, inspection, treatment of the sick, reviews of parade, and other essentials. The volume is further enhanced by reproductions of the eight copperplates from the 1794 edition and an Appendix (the United States Militia Act of 1792).… (más)
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I picked this one up after reading A Few Bloody Noses. Popular mythology, emphasized by Hollywood, has always held that the American Revolutionary War was won by a few dead-eye riflemen who hid behind trees and decimated the Redcoats with Kentucky flintlocks that had the accuracy of a match rifle and reloaded as fast as an Uzi. More cognizant history buffs realize that it was the Continental Army that actually did the work - trained and fighting with the same equipment and with the same linear tactics used by the British. Much of this training was accomplished through the efforts of Frederick William Baron von Steuben. Von Steuben eventually joined Lafayette and Kosciusko as an iconic foreign hero of American independence; in Chicago, where I grew up, Von Steuben Day was celebrated with almost as much enthusiasm as St. Patricks’s Day - except instead of dyeing the Chicago River green like the Irish community, the city’s German community would invade Cicero. (OK, I can get away with that because all my ancestors are German).


Von Steuben was an interesting character; he never got past the rank of captain in Prussian service, his baronial title is highly dubious, and he fled Europe to avoid creditors. Ironically, much of this turned out to be an advantage; you’re probably much better off with a captain than a general if you want to drill troops, and he couldn’t very well quit in the middle and go home to a debtor’s prison or worse when things got rough. Von Steuben’s method was to set up a model drill company and write a drill manual (in French). Again with some irony the drill company turned out to be extremely popular with the supposedly undisciplined colonials and its demonstration tours of military encampments were always well attended and imitated.


The manual itself is probably best used with some military miniatures, or at least paper counters, that you can push around to duplicate the maneuvers. The procedure for retreating a column through a narrow defile (where the whole column won’t fit at once and you need cover against pursuit) is particularly complicated. It also might be interesting to go through the loading and firing procedure for a flintlock musket - especially in your front yard; you’re probably unpopular with the neighbors anyway.


This is a photographic reprint of the original 1794 edition, which can make it a little difficult to read sometimes. As was common at the time, the typeface has a letter “s” that looks like an “f” except at the end of a word, this makes reading fome fentences challenging.


Worth three stars on general principles, and four if you’re a military history buff. ( )
  setnahkt | Dec 4, 2017 |
This is Von Steuben's drill manual. It is focused on the battlefield movements the Continental line went through to fire, change formations and other requirements to achieve success on the battlefield.

This is more useful as an artifact than anything else. Not much of a read. It would be great with annotations. ( )
  ksmyth | Mar 7, 2008 |
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On February 23, 1778, Frederick William Baron von Steuben reported to General George Washington at the Continental Army's bleak winder encampment at Valley Forge. Speaking virtually no English and at an unexpected ebb in his professional fortunes, Steuben nevertheless brought a depth of military training and grasp of command techniques sorely needed by the bedraggled, ragtag army. With his lofty military reputation, forceful bearing, and colorful personality, the Prussian commander had an immediate galvanizing effect on the disorganized insurgents. He soon became one of Washington's most valued officers -- an essential figure in the success of the American War of Independence. Commissioned to mold the troops into an efficient fighting force, Steuben formed a model drill company of one hundred men, transformed it into a precision unit copied throughout the ranks, and captured the imagination of the entire army. His record of drill instructions, written in brief installments, grew into the Regulations for the Order and Discipline of the Troops of the United States. Commonly known as the army's "blue book," this basic manual of military training and procedures remained the official U.S. military guide until 1812.   This inexpensive facsimile reproduces the extremely rare 1794 edition of Steuben's drill manual, published in Boston by I. Thomas and E. T. Andrews. It describes in detail the arms and accoutrements of officers and soldiers, formation and exercise of a company, instruction of recruits, formation and marching of columns, disposition and firing of fieldpieces, laying out of a camp, inspection, treatment of the sick, reviews of parade, and other essentials. The volume is further enhanced by reproductions of the eight copperplates from the 1794 edition and an Appendix (the United States Militia Act of 1792).

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