{"id":3351,"date":"2023-03-25T19:30:02","date_gmt":"2023-03-25T18:30:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.armypencil.com\/?p=3351"},"modified":"2023-03-25T19:30:02","modified_gmt":"2023-03-25T18:30:02","slug":"who-wrote-the-first-us-army-drill-manual","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.armypencil.com\/who-wrote-the-first-us-army-drill-manual\/","title":{"rendered":"Who wrote the first us army drill manual?"},"content":{"rendered":"

In 1779, shortly after the United States Army was founded, an officer named Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben wrote the first ever drill manual for the Army. Von Steuben’s manual was used throughout the Revolutionary War and the early years of the Army, helping to train generations of soldiers.<\/p>\n

The first U.S. Army drill manual was written by Brigadier General Emory Upton in 1874.<\/p>\n

When was the first US drill book created? <\/h2>\n

It was in the spring of 1778 that Baron Friedrich von Steuben instituted a new drill, based on the Prussian model, and gave coherent instruction to the Continental Army. Baron von Steuben’s manual, the Regulations etc, were adopted as the official drill manual of the United States Army in March, 1779.<\/p>\n

No book shaped the Continental Army more than Regulations for the Order and Discipline of the Troops of the United States written by Prussian-born general Friedrich Wilhelm Steuben. Steuben’s book was the first to codify the training and drill for the entire Army. It was used as the standard for training for the next century.<\/p>\n

Did Baron von Steuben write a manual on military training <\/h3>\n