This is General Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben's book -- this copy published in 1779 -- which explains and details his philosophy regarding troops and their regulation, a philosophy which was essential to the creation of a disciplined Continental Army during the American Revolution. This includes scans of the original plates used to help describe troop, column, and file movements in various terrain.

Regulations for the Order and Discipline of the Troops of the United States is a book by Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben, providing details on the ranks, discipline, order and regulations of the American military.

Originally published in 1794, this early work on the American Military is both expensive and hard to find in its first edition. It contains details on the ranks, discipline, order and regulations of the American military. This is a fascinating work and thoroughly recommended for anyone interested in military history. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts are available in print, making them highly accessible to libraries, undergraduate students, and independent scholars. Delve into what it was like to live during the eighteenth century by reading the first-hand accounts of everyday people, including city dwellers and farmers, businessmen and bankers, artisans and merchants, artists and their patrons, politicians and their constituents. Original texts make the American, French, and Industrial revolutions vividly contemporary. ++++ The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++ Library of Congress W021718 Prepared by Friedrich von Steuben in 1779 as inspector general of the Continental Army. The printing office of Abraham Hodge was at Halifax; that of Henry Wills was at Edenton. "Rules and articles for the better government of the troops, raised, or to be raised, and kept in pay, by and at the expence of the United States of America."--62, [2] p. at end, with separate title page. [Halifax, N.C.?]: Printed and published agreeable to an act of Assembly of the state of North-Carolina, by Hodge & Wills, printers to the state, 1794. [4],73, [7],62, [2]p., viii folded leaves of plates: ill.; 12°