Steuben's limited English at times frustrated his attempts to drill the soldiers at Valley Forge in complicated maneuvers.

[5] Alongside others, Walker assisted Steuben with his Blue Book, particularly providing knowledge of American military terminology.

In a letter suggesting men for military appointment, the General included Walker "among the most intelligent and active Officers of the late American Army".

[7] From March 21, 1791, until February 20, 1798, Walker served as a captain and as naval officer of customs at the port of New York.

He moved to Fort Schuyler (now Utica), in 1797, where he worked as an agent of the great landed estate of the Earl of Bath.

[8] Some historians believe that these "extraordinary intense emotional relationships"[9] were romantic,[10] and given Steuben's reported earlier behavior, it has been suggested it would have been out-of-character for him if they were not.

[11] It has also been posited that while Walker held Steuben in high esteem, and had no scruples about exploiting his attraction for him, he had no intention of reciprocating.

Walker visited Steuben almost every year at his property and helped manage his business and finances with North.

Eliza was described as "quite a Frenchwoman in her manners and language" by her close friend, Alexander Bryan Johnson.

In 1815 Combe fled to America after a warrant was put out for his arrest based on suspicions he had been spreading Napoleonic propaganda and held "boundless fanaticism for the usurper.

"[17] The couple settled in Utica on what was now her land after the passing of her father, who had bequeathed a "considerable" portion of his property to her.

He was first interred in the Old Village Burying Ground on Water Street but was exhumed and reinterred in Forest Hill Cemetery, Utica on June 17, 1875.