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CONTEMPORARY COPY OF A BARON VON STEUBEN LETTER ABOUT CONTINENTAL TROOP MOVEMENTS NEAR RICHMOND

 

BARON FRIEDRICH WILHELM VON STEUBEN (1730-1794). Von Steuben was a Prussian military officer who helped to reform and train the Continental Army during the American Revolution.

 

Contemporary copy. 1pg. April 23, 1781. Petersburg, Virginia. A contemporary copy of a war-dated letter by Baron von Steuben, concerning Continental Army movements during the American Revolution. “The commanding officer of the militia now collected at Richmond will march with half of those that are armed to the long bridge on Chickahominy, and he will order the other half under the command of the rest officer in command to Turkey Island, those two officers will correspond with each other advise Col. James of their arrival and receive his orders. From the past at the long bridge patrols must be frequently sent to Joans’s bridge and from Turkey Island to Kennons and the road leading to Chickahominy River in order to be appraised of any motion of the enemy, which must be communicated from one post to the other. Steuben Maj. Genl. (a copy)”. In April of 1781, British forces were attempting to retake Virginia for the final time. This contemporary copy is very good condition.