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14.
Alexander Hamilton to Elias Boudinot, July 5, 1778,
PAH
1:513.

15.
North,
Baron von Steuben
, 14.

16.
Steuben to Daniel Marianus Frank, July 4, 1779,
SP
1:432.

C
HAPTER
8: T
HE
B
LUE
B
OOK

1.
PHL
14:370–72.

2.
Charles Lee to Henry Laurens, October 30, 1778, in Langworthy,
Life and Memoirs of Major General Lee
, 342–43.

3.
General Orders, July 2, 1778, and July 5, 1778,
SP
1:182, 184.

4.
André-Michel de Choin to the Chevalier de Luzerne, July 22, 1778,
SP
1:192.

5.
John Laurens to Henry Laurens, July 6, 1778,
SP
1:186.

6.
George Washington to Henry Laurens, July 24, 1778,
SP
1:198.

7.
Testimony from court-martial of Reuben Lipscomb, July 5–9, 1778,
SP
1:183; General Orders, July 12, 1778,
SP
1:188.

8.
General Orders, July 22, 1778,
SP
1:193.

9.
Alexander Hamilton to Elias Boudinot, July 26, 1778,
PAH
1:528–29.

10.
Louis-Pierre de La Neuville to Horatio Gates, July 1778,
SP
1:179; Steuben to George Washington, July 24, 1778,
SP
1:194.

11.
Steuben to George Washington, July 24, 1778,
SP
1:194.

12.
George Washington to Henry Laurens, July 24, 1778,
SP
1:198.

13.
George Washington to Gouverneur Morris, July 24, 1778,
SP
1:199.

14.
George Washington to Henry Laurens, July 26, 1778,
SP
1:202.

15.
Alexander Hamilton to Elias Boudinot, July 26, 1778,
PAH
1:528–29.

16.
Steuben to Richard Peters, October 1, 1778,
SP
1:242.

17.
Steuben to George Washington, August 7, 1778,
SP
1:208.

18.
The Baron d'Arendt to Steuben, July 24, 1778,
SP
1:195; the Chevalier de Crénis to Steuben, July 24, 1778,
SP
1:196–97.

19.
Gouverneur Morris to George Washington, August 2, 1778,
SP
1:204.

20.
Henry Laurens to George Washington, August 20, 1778

21.
Conrad-Alexandre Gérard to Steuben, September 12, 1778,
SP
1:228; Henry Laurens to Steuben, September 17, 1778,
PHL
14:323–24.

22.
Opinion of the Board of General Officers, September 11, 1778,
SP
1:227.

23.
George Washington to Henry Laurens, September 12, 1778,
SP
1:229.

24.
Steuben to Conrad-Alexandre Gérard, September 25, 1778,
SP
1:236.

25.
Steuben to Conrad-Alexandre Gérard, September 24, 1778,
SP
1:235.

26.
Steuben to Richard Peters, October 1, 1778,
SP
1:242; Steuben to Joseph Reed, October 5, 1778,
SP
1:244; Steuben to Henry Laurens, October 1, 1778,
PHL
14:370–72.

27.
Henry Laurens to Steuben, October 12, 1778,
PHL
14:400–401; C. F. William Maurer,
Dragoon Diary: The History of the Third Continental Light Dragoons
(Bloomington, IN, 2005), 129–47, 465–97.

28.
Steuben to Henry Laurens, October 1, 1778,
PHL
14:370–72.

29.
Ibid.

30.
Steuben's opinions on a British expedition against Boston, and on American winter quarters, October 18, 1778,
SP
1:248.

31.
George Washington to Henry Laurens, November 13, 1778,
SP
1:264; Steuben to Henry Laurens, November 26, 1778,
SP
1:265.

32.
Steuben to the Continental Congress, November 28, 1778,
SP
1:267.

33.
Remarks on the Prussian and French armies, November 1778–February 1779,
SP
1:251; remarks on French infantry regulations, November 1778–February 1779,
SP
1:252; remarks on duties of staff officers in the French army, November 1778–February 1779,
SP
1:253; instructions for maneuvers, November 1778–February 1779,
SP
1:257; instructions for baggage on the march, November 1778–February 1779,
SP
1:258.

34.
Francy to Beaumarchais, November 24, 1778, in Brian N. Morton, ed.,
Correspondance de Beaumarchais
(4 vols., Paris, 1969–78), 4:275–76.

35.
Steuben to Charles Lee, December 2, 1778,
SP
1:273; Alexander Hamilton to Steuben, December 19, 1778,
PAH
1:601.

36.
Lord Stirling to George Washington, February 26, 1779,
SP
1:298; comments of Lord Stirling and Arthur St. Clair, February 26, 1779,
SP
1:299; George Washington to William Galvan, March 11, 1779,
SP
1:308.

37.
Memorial of Baron de Knoblauch to Congress, May 4, 1779,
SP
1:337.

38.
Richard Peters to Henry Laurens, January 22, 1779,
SP
1:286; Charles Carré to Steuben, July 12, 1780,
SP
2:388; Palmer,
General von Steuben
, 201–202.

39.
Chapter outline for regulations, November 1778–February 1779,
SP
1:255; George Washington to Steuben, February 26, 1779,
SP
1:297; Steuben to George Washington, March 5, 1779,
SP
1:303; Steuben to the Continental Congress, March 25, 1779,
SP
1:312; Timothy Pickering to John Jay, March 27 and 29, 1779,
SP
1:314, 315; Congressional resolutions on
Regulations
, March 29, 1779,
SP
1:316.

40.
Kapp,
Steuben
, 660–61.

41.
Steuben to the Continental Congress, March 25, 1779,
SP
1:312.

42.
Robert S. Quimby,
The Background of Napoleonic Warfare: The Theory of Military Tactics in Eighteenth-Century France
(New York, 1957), 113–33. Guibert's book,
Essai général de tactique
(Paris, 1772), was perhaps the most important book on tactical theory to appear in the eighteenth century. Among other things, it advocated a much simplified “manual exercise,” as Steuben did. The Baron, in fact, owned a copy, as well as copies of books by most of Guibert's rivals—Mesnil-Durand, Puységur, and Folard. “Catalogue de ma Bibliotheque,” 1788, SP 7:489.

43.
Lord Stirling to George Washington, February 26, 1779,
SP
1:298; Lord Stirling's and Arthur St. Clair's comments, February 26 and March 10, 1779,
SP
1:299, 306; George Washington to Steuben, March 11, 1779,
SP
1:307.

C
HAPTER
9: T
HE
T
RUE
M
EANING OF
D
ISCIPLINE

1.
SP
2:212.

2.
George Washington to James Duane, January 8, 1779,
SP
1:281; remarks on formation of the army, March 1779,
SP
1:301; report of Board of War, January
21, 1779,
SP
1:285; James Duane to George Washington, January 24, 1779,
SP
1:287.

3.
Henry Laurens to John Laurens, April 18, 1779,
SP
1:329; Steuben to Richard Peters, June 12, 1779,
SP
1:404.

4.
Palmer,
General von Steuben
, 314.

5.
Lord Stirling's and Arthur St. Clair's comments, February 26, 1779,
SP
1:299.

6.
Richard Peters to Steuben, June 19, 1779,
SP
1:411.

7.
Steuben to William North, October 23, 1788,
SP
7:205.

8.
Steuben to Benjamin Walker, February 23, 1780,
SP
2:212; Steuben to August-François Des Epiniers, November 1, 1779,
SP
2:80; Des Epiniers to Steuben, January 1780, January 12, and April 14, 1780,
SP
2:152, 157, 257; Francy to Steuben, January 12 and March 4, 1780,
SP
2:156, 226; Francy to Beaumarchais, November 10 and 24, 1778, in Morton, ed.,
Correspondance de Beaumarchais
, 4:262–63, 275–76.

9.
Steuben to Daniel Marianus Frank, July 4, 1779,
SP
1:432.

10.
Kapp,
Steuben
, 641.

11.
Conrad-Alexandre Gérard, May 6, 1779,
SP
1:340.

12.
Timothy Pickering to Steuben, June 19, 1779,
SP
1:412.

13.
Richard Peters to Steuben, June 19, 1779,
SP
1:411.

14.
Steuben to John Jay, June 12, 1779,
SP
1:403.

15.
Steuben to Richard Peters, June 12, 1779,
SP
1:404; Steuben to Timothy Pickering, June 12, 1779,
SP
1:405.

16.
Richard Peters to Steuben, June 19, 1779,
SP
1:411.

17.
Chase, “Baron von Steuben,” 134.

18.
North,
Baron von Steuben
, 16–17; “Autobiography of Peter Stephen Du Ponceau,” 218–19.

19.
Remarks on the formation of the army, March 1779,
SP
1:301.

20.
William B. Reed, ed.,
Life and Correspondence of Joseph Reed
(2 vols., Philadelphia, 1847), 2:115.

21.
Steuben to Benjamin Franklin, September 28, 1779,
SP
2:57.

22.
Remarks on the formation of the army, March 1779,
SP
1:301; Steuben to Benjamin Franklin, September 28, 1779,
SP
2:57.

23.
See, for example, the following inspection returns:
SP
2:104, 106, 108, 113, 118, 135, 137, 140, 145.

24.
George Washington to Steuben, January 22, 1780,
SP
2:163.

25.
Steuben to Joseph Reed, October 5, 1778,
SP
1:244; instructions on the formation of the army, November–December 1778,
SP
1:261.

26.
Ferling,
Almost a Miracle
, 349.

27.
Steuben to George Washington, March 28, 1780,
SP
2:245.

28.
The Board of War to Steuben, January 25, 1780,
SP
2:166; Steuben to Washington, January 26–30, 1780,
SP
1:167; Timothy Pickering to Steuben, January 29 and January 31, 1780,
SP
2:171, 173.

29.
Steuben to George Washington, February 23, 1780,
SP
2:213.

30.
Steuben to Benjamin Walker, February 23, 1780,
SP
2:212.

31.
Terry Golway,
Washington's General: Nathanael Greene and the Triumph of the American Revolution
(New York, 2005), 215–17.

32.
Chase, “Baron von Steuben,” 154–55.

33.
Steuben to George Washington, April 6, 1780,
SP
2:250; Congressional resolution and committee instructions on army formation, April 6–11, 1780,
SP
2:251.

34.
Steuben to Duponceau, May 5, 1780,
SP
2:299; Duponceau to Steuben, July 7, 1780,
SP
2:381.

35.
Instructions for review of troops, April 24, 1780,
SP
2:260; General Orders, April 25, 1780,
SP
2:261; Martin,
Private Yankee Doodle
, 187–88.

36.
“Disposition for the Manœuvre,” May 29, 1780,
SP
1:325.

37.
Golway,
Washington's General
, 220–25.

38.
General Orders, June 7, 1780,
SP
2:337.

39.
General Orders, June 9, 1780,
SP
2:340.

40.
Steuben to William Livingston, June 20, 1780,
SP
2:363; Steuben to George Washington, June 20, 1780,
SP
2:364; George Washington to Steuben, June 20, 1780,
SP
2:365.

C
HAPTER
10: T
ORMENTING THE
G
OVERNOR

1.
SP
5:169.

2.
Joseph Beatty Doyle,
Frederick William von Steuben and the American Revolution: Aide to Washington and Inspector General
(Steubenville, OH, 1913), 185–88.

3.
Act of Connecticut Assembly, ca. January 30, 1783,
SP
6:78.

4.
Kapp,
Steuben
, 231.

5.
Steuben to Daniel Marianus Frank, July 4, 1779,
SP
1:432.

6.
Steuben to Joseph Reed, May 24, 1780,
SP
2:320.

7.
James Thacher,
A Military Journal during the American Revolutionary War, from 1775 to 1783
(Boston, 1827), 207.

8.
“Plan for the Formation of the Light Infantry,” July 14, 1780,
SP
2:390; Steuben to George Washington, July 18, 20, 22, and 28, 1780,
SP
2:405, 411, 418, 432; George Washington to Steuben, July 18 and 22, 1780,
SP
2:408, 420; Henry Knox to Steuben, January 16, 1780,
SP
2:160; Steuben's notes on distribution of orders, June 1780,
SP
2:327.