article_snippet.sent: One such man was Captain David Derickson who would visit Abraham Lincoln at a retreat from the White House called the Soldier's Home.
article_snippet.sent: Abraham Lincoln has been quoted as saying of Derickson, 'The captain and I are getting quite thick.'
article_snippet.sent: And then there was a man called Baron Von Steuben, who was German, who designed all the maneuvers for all the troops of all the great armies in Europe.