What is Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben?
{{Infobox person | name = Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben | image = Baron von Steuben by Ralph Earl.jpeg | caption = | birth_name = Friedrich Wilhelm Steuben | birth_date = {{Birth date|1730|9|17|mf=yes}} | birth_place = [[Magdeburg]], [[Prussia]] | death_date = {{Death date and age|1794|11|28|1730|9|17|mf=yes}} | death_place = [[Steuben, New York|Steuben]], [[New York]], [[United States|U.S.]] | resting_place = | spouse = | children = | parents = | relatives = | other names = }} Baron '''Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben''' (September 17, 1730 – November 28, 1794) was a [[German people|German]] fighter who helped the [[Continental Army]] in the [[Revolutionary War]]. At [[Valley Forge]], he taught the Continental Army how to fight the European way.<ref name=Smith>{{cite magazine|magazine=Smithsonian|url=https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/baron-von-steuben-180963048/|access-date=December 30, 2020|date=April 26, 2017|title=The Prussian Nobleman Who Helped Save the American Revolution|author=Erick Trickey}}</ref><ref name=Vernon>{{cite web|url=https://www.mountvernon.org/library/digitalhistory/digital-encyclopedia/article/baron-von-steuben/|publisher=Mount Vernon|title=Baron von Steuben|author=Mary Stockwell|access-date=December 31, 2020}}</ref><ref name=NPS>{{cite web|url=https://www.nps.gov/vafo/learn/historyculture/vonsteuben.htm|publisher=National Park Service|access-date=December 31, 2020|title=General von Steuben}}</ref> ==Early life== Steuben was born September 17, 1730 in [[Magdeburg]]. At the time, Magdeburg was in the [[Kingdom of Prussia]].<ref name=NPS /> Steuben's father worked with engineers in the 1744 [[Siege of Prague|Siege]] of [[Prague]].<ref name=Smith /> Steuben joined the [[Prussian]] army when he was 16. He learned that the Prussian army was a good army because it was very disciplined. He became a lieutenant. He fought in the [[Seven Years War]]. He became a captain.<ref name=Smith /> He worked for General Johann von Mayer.<ref name=NPS /> In