The US, arguably, owes its existence to a Prussian officer, Baron von Steuben, a veteran of the Seven Years War, at one time an ADC to Frederick the Great, and hired by Benjamin Franklin. He was Chief of Staff to George Washington for the whole war.
He was not in Prussian service on account of a scandal of some sort, remained unmarried and childless, and there are some good circumstantial grounds to suspect him of homosexuality.
>>>>The US, arguably, owes its existence to a Prussian officer, Baron von Steuben, a veteran of the Seven Years War, at one time an ADC to Frederick the Great, and hired by Benjamin Franklin. He was Chief of Staff to George Washington for the whole war.
He was not in Prussian service on account of a scandal of some sort, remained unmarried and childless, and there are some good circumstantial grounds to suspect him of homosexuality.<<<<
More BS from The Superior Filipino...
In 1778, General Washington himself wrote the report and approved a sentence of exile from the Army for a homosexual Lieutenant who Washington ordered drummed out of Valley Forge.
Throughout my lifetime I’ve known many men and women who are single and heterosexual.
CORRECTION:
After Steuben had served with distinction in, and was honorably discharged from, the Prussian Army . . .
"he was made Court Chamberlain for the Prince of Hohenzollern-Hechingen, a German Principality. In 1769 he was formally knighted. Soon after, he was awarded the royal title of Baron [by the prince of nearby Baden] ..."
he may have been discharged from the [Hohenzollern-Hechingen] Principality’s service due to "unsavory conduct" [a never-proven, anonymously reported rumor] early in 1777
- https://mountgulian.org/history/general-von-steuben/
- https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/baron-von-steuben-180963048/