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Description: Reverse reads: “Negative of – North east corner of Fort Steuben on High between Adams and Market Streets. Jefferson County.” Named after Prussian army officer Baron Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben, Fort Steuben features four monuments on each corner to commemorate Steuben’s assistance to George Washington during the Revolutionary War. The inscription for this monument reads: “North-east Corner of Fort Steuben, erected 1786, named in honor of Major General Frederick William Augustus Baron von Steuben, who rendered distinguished service to the United States army in the War of the Revolution with General George Washington, February 7, 1778 to April 15, 1784.” View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B15F03_007_01
Subjects: Fort Steuben (Steubenville, Ohio); Von Steuben, Friedrich Wilhelm Ludolf Gerhard Augustin, 1730-1794
Places: Steubenville (Ohio); Jefferson County (Ohio)