See also:

• ANTHONY, SAINT
• ANTHONY, SUSAN BROWNELL (1820-1906)

ANTHONY See also:

• ANTHONY WAYNE (1745-1796)

WAYNE (1745-1796)  , See also:

• AMERICAN

American soldier, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born in the township of Easttown, See also:

• CHESTER
• CHESTER, EARLS OF

Chester See also:

• COUNTY (through Norm. Fr. comae, cf. O. Fr. cunte, conk', Mod. Fr. comae, from Lat. comitatus, cf. Ital. comitato, Prov. comtat; see COUNT)

county, See also:

• PENNSYLVANIA
• PENNSYLVANIA, UNIVERSITY OF

Pennsylvania, on the 1st of See also:

• JANUARY

January 1745, of a See also:

• YORKSHIRE

Yorkshire See also:

• FAMILY

family . As a boy he exhibited a marked See also:

• BENT
• BENT (E1. BENI)
• BENT, JAMES THEODORE (1852–1897)

bent toward a military See also:

• LIFE

life . He was educated in See also:

• PHILADELPHIA

Philadelphia, and was a surveyor in Pennsylvaniaand (1765) in Nova See also:

• SCOTIA (Gr. o'Karca, shadow or darkness)

Scotia, where he was See also:

• AGENT (from Lat. agere, to act)

agent for a proposed See also:

• COLONY (Lat. colonia, from colonus, a cultivator)

colony . He married in 1766 and passed the next few years on the Chester county See also:

• FARM

farm inherited from his See also:

• FATHER

father, holding some See also:

• MINOR
• MINOR (Lat. for smaller, lesser)
• MINOR, ROBERT CRANNELL (1839-1904)

minor offices and after 1774 taking an active See also:

• PART

part upon various patriotic committees . Having recruited and organized the See also:

• FOURTH

Fourth Pennsylvania See also:

• BATTALION

battalion of See also:

• CONTINENTAL

Continental troops, he first saw active service at its See also:

• HEAD (in 0. Eng. heafad; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch hoofd, Ger. Haupt, generally taken to be in origin connected with Lat. caput, Gr. KerbOvi7)
• HEAD, SIR EDMUND WALKER, BART
• HEAD, SIR FRANCIS BOND, BART

head in See also:

• CANADA

Canada during the See also:

• RETREAT (O. Fr. retrete, mod. retraite, from Lat. retrahere, to draw back)

retreat of See also:

• BENEDICT (BENEDICTUS)
• BENEDICT, SIR JULIUS (1804-1885)

Benedict See also:

• ARNOLD
• ARNOLD, BENEDICT (1741-1801)
• ARNOLD, GOTTFRIED (1666-1714)
• ARNOLD, MATTHEW (1822-1888)
• ARNOLD, SAMUEL (1740--18o2)
• ARNOLD, SIR EDWIN (1832-1904)
• ARNOLD, THOMAS (1745-1842)

Arnold after the See also:

• QUEBEC

Quebec See also:

• CAMPAIGN

campaign . His excellent behaviour at the skirmish of Three See also:

• RIVERS
• RIVERS, ANTHONY WOODVILLE, or WYDEVILLE, 2ND EARL (c. 1442—1483)
• RIVERS, EARL
• RIVERS, RICHARD SAVAGE, 4TH EARL (c. 1660—1712)

Rivers led See also:

• PHILIP
• PHILIP (Gr.'FiXtrsro , fond of horses, from dn)^eiv, to love, and limos, horse; Lat. Philip pus, whence e.g. M. H. Ger. Philippes, Dutch Filips, and, with dropping of the final s, It. Filippo, Fr. Philippe, Ger. Philipp, Sp. Felipe)
• PHILIP, JOHN (1775-1851)
• PHILIP, KING (c. 1639-1676)
• PHILIP, LANOGRAVE OF HESSE (1504-1567)

Philip See also:

• SCHUYLER, PHILIP JOHN (1733–1804)

Schuyler to See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place him for some months in command of See also:

• TICONDEROGA

Ticonderoga . While at this See also:

• POST

post, on the 21st of See also:

• FEBRUARY

February 1777, he was commissioned brigadier-See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general . In See also:

• APRIL

April See also:

• WASHINGTON
• WASHINGTON (or WASHINGTON COURT HOUSE)
• WASHINGTON, BOOKER TALIAFERRO (c. 1859– )
• WASHINGTON, BUSHROD (1762-1829)
• WASHINGTON, GEORGE (1732-1799)

Washington ordered him to take command of the " Pennsylvania See also:

• LINE

Line " at See also:

• MORRISTOWN

Morristown, and he rendered distinguished service at See also:

• BRANDYWINE

Brandywine and See also:

• GERMANTOWN

Germantown, and by his coolness and courage at See also:

• MONMOUTH (Welsh Mynwy)
• MONMOUTH, BATTLE OF (1778)
• MONMOUTH, JAMES SCOTT
• MONMOUTH, ROBERT CAREY, 1ST EARL OF (c. 1560-1639)

Monmouth, after the retreat of General See also:

• CHARLES
• CHARLES (1270-1325)
• CHARLES (1421-1461)
• CHARLES (1525-1574)
• CHARLES (c. 1319-1364)
• CHARLES (Fr. Charles; Span. Carlos; Ital. Carlo; Ger. Karl; derived from O.H.G. Charal,latinized as Carolus, meaning originally " man ": cf. Mod.Ger., Kerl," fellow," A.S. ceorl, Mod. Eng. " churl ")
• CHARLES (KARL EITEL ZEPHYRIN LUDWIG; in Rum. CAROL)
• CHARLES [KARL ALEXANDER] (1712-1780)
• CHARLES, ELIZABETH (1828-1896)
• CHARLES, JACQUES ALEXANDRE CESAR (1746-1823)
• CHARLES, THOMAS (1755-1814)

Charles See also:

• LEE
• LEE (or LEGIT) ROWLAND (d. 1543)
• LEE, ANN (1736–1784)
• LEE, ARTHUR (1740–1792)
• LEE, FITZHUGH (1835–1905)
• LEE, GEORGE ALEXANDER (1802-1851)
• LEE, HENRY (1756-1818)
• LEE, JAMES PRINCE (1804-1869)
• LEE, NATHANIEL (c. 1653-16g2)
• LEE, RICHARD HENRY (1732-1794)
• LEE, ROBERT EDWARD (1807–1870)
• LEE, SIDNEY (1859– )
• LEE, SOPHIA (1950-1824)
• LEE, STEPHEN DILL (1833-1908)

Lee, did much to See also:

• SAVE, or SAVA (Ger. Sau; Hungarian Szdva; Lat. Savus)

save the See also:

• DAY (O. Eng. dreg, Ger. Tag; according to the New English Dictionary, " in no way related to the Lat. dies")
• DAY, JOHN (1574-1640?)
• DAY, THOMAS (1748-1789)

day for the Americans . Later in 1778 See also:

• POLITICAL

political See also:

• NECESSITY (Lat. necessitas)

necessity led to his being superseded by St Clair, his ranking officer, in the command of the See also:

• REGULAR

regular Pennsylvania troops, but upon Washington's recommendation he organized a new See also:

• LIGHT

Light See also:

• INFANTRY

Infantry See also:

• CORPS (pronounced as in French, from which it is taken, being a late spelling of tors, from Lat. corpus, a body; cf. " corpse ")

corps, with which he performed the most daring exploit of the See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

War of See also:

• INDEPENDENCE
• INDEPENDENCE, DECLARATION OF
• INDEPENDENCE, WAR OF

Independence—the recapture of Stony Point by a midnight attack (15-16 See also:

• JULY

July 1779) at the point of the See also:

• BAYONET

bayonet . This well-planned enterprise aroused the greatest See also:

• ENTHUSIASM

enthusiasm throughout the See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country and won for See also:

• WAYNE, ANTHONY (1745-1796)

Wayne the popular soubriquet " Mad See also:

• ANTHONY, SAINT
• ANTHONY, SUSAN BROWNELL (1820-1906)

Anthony." Upon the disbanding of the Light Infantry corps, Wayne, again in command of the Pennsylvania line, rendered effective service in counteracting the effect of Benedict Arnold's See also:

• TREASON (Fr. trahison, Lat. traditio)

treason and of the See also:

• MUTINY
• MUTINY (from an old verb " mutine," O. Fr. mutin, meutin, a sedition; cf. mod. Fr. emeute; the original is the Late Lat. mota, commotion, from movere, to move)

mutiny of the Pennsylvania troops . In 1781 he was sent See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south to join General See also:

• NATHANAEL

Nathanael See also:

• GREENE, GEORGE WASHINGTON (1811-1883)
• GREENE, MAURICE (1695-1755)
• GREENE, NATHANAEL (1742-1786)
• GREENE, ROBERT (c. 1560-1592)

Greene, but in See also:

• VIRGINIA
• VIRGINIA, or VERGINIA
• VIRGINIA, UNIVERSITY OF

Virginia was deflected to aid See also:

• LAFAYETTE

Lafayette against See also:

• LORD
• LORD (O. Eng. hldford, i.e. hldfweard, the warder or keeper of bread, hlIf, loaf; the word is not represented in any other Teutonic language)
• LORD, JOHN (1810-1894)

Lord See also:

• CORNWALLIS, CHARLES CORNWALLIS
• CORNWALLIS, SIR WILLIAM (1744-1819)

Cornwallis . After the American success at See also:

• YORKTOWN

Yorktown, Wayne served with such marked success in See also:

• GEORGIA

Georgia, that the See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state rewarded him with a large See also:

• RICE (Greek 6p6 a, Latin oryza, French riz, Italian riso, Spanish arroz, derived from the Arabic)
• RICE, EDMUND IGNATIUS (1762-1844)
• RICE, JAMES (1843-1882)

rice See also:

• PLANTATION (Lat. plantare, to plant)

plantation (which proved a See also:

• FINANCIAL

financial failure) and See also:

• CONGRESS (Lat. congressus, coming together, from congredi; cum, with, and gradus, step)

Congress breveted him See also:

• MAJOR
• MAJOR (Lat. for " greater ")
• MAJOR (or MAIR), JOHN (1470-1550)

major-general .

In 1792 Washington offered him the command of the regular See also:

• ARMY
• ARMY (from Fr. armee, Lat. armata)

army with the See also:

• RANK (O.Fr. rant or rent, mod. rang, generally connected with the O.E. and O.H.G. bring, a ring)

rank of major-general to fight the hostile See also:

• INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN

Indians See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

north-See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

west of the See also:

• OHIO

Ohio, who had been rendered insolent by their successes over General See also:

• JOSIAH (Heb. yo' shiyydhu, perhaps " Yah [weh] supports ")

Josiah Harmar in 1790 and General See also:

• ARTHUR (Fr. Arius)
• ARTHUR, CHESTER ALAN (1830 – 1886)

Arthur St Clair in 1791, and indirectly to compel the See also:

• BRITISH

British to yield the posts they held on the American See also:

• SIDE
• SIDE (mod. Eski Adalia)

side of the lakes . Wayne spent the See also:

• WINTER, JOHN STRANGE
• WINTER, PETER (c. 1755-1825)

winter of 1792–1793 in recruiting his troops near See also:

• PITTSBURG
• PITTSBURG, or PITTSBURGH

Pittsburg and in drilling them for effective service in the reorganized army . The See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government continued its efforts to induce the Indians to allow See also:

• WHITE
• WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
• WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
• WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
• WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
• WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
• WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
• WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
• WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
• WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
• WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
• WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)

white settlements beyond the Ohio, but a See also:

• MISSION

mission in .1793 ended in a failure . Meanwhile Wayne had transferred his troops toFort Washington(See also:

• CINCINNATI

Cincinnati), and upon learning of the failure of the negotiations, advanced the greater part of his forces to See also:

• GREENVILLE

Greenville, a post on a See also:

• BRANCH (from the Fr. branche, late Lat. branca, an animal's paw)

branch of the See also:

• GREAT

Great See also:

• MIAMI

Miami, about 8o m. north of Cincinnati . During the winter he also established an outpost at the See also:

• SCENE (Fr. scene, Lat. scaena, Gr. oflvil, a tent or booth, a stage or scene)

scene of St Clair's defeat . The Indians attacked this post, Fort Recovery, in See also:

• JUNE

June 1794, but were repulsed with considerable slaughter . See also:

• LATE

Late in July Wayne's See also:

• LEGION (Lat. legio)

legion of regulars, numbering about 2000, was reinforced by about 1600 See also:

• KENTUCKY

Kentucky See also:

• MILITIA (Fr. milice, Ger. Miliz, from Lat. miles, soldier, militia, military service)

militia under General Charles See also:

• SCOTT, ALEXANDER (fl. 1550)
• SCOTT, DAVID (18o6-1849)
• SCOTT, MICHAEL (1789-1835)
• SCOTT, ROBERT (1811-1887)
• SCOTT, SIR GEORGE GILBERT (1811-1878)
• SCOTT, SIR WALTER, BART
• SCOTT, WILLIAM BELL (1811-1890)
• SCOTT, WINFIELD (1786-1866)

Scott, and the combined forces advanced to the junction of the Auglaize and Maumee rivers, where Fort See also:

• DEFIANCE

Defiance was constructed . Here Wayne made a final effort to treat with the Indians, and upon being rebuffed, moved forward and encountered them on the loth of See also:

• AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

August in the See also:

• BATTLE

battle of Fallen Timbers, fought near the falls of the Maumee, and almost under the walls of the British post Fort Miami . This decisive defeat, supplemented by the Treaty of Greenville, which he negotiated with the Indians on the 3rd of August 1795, resulted in opening the North-west to See also:

• CIVILIZATION

civilization . Wayne retained his position as See also:

• COMMANDER

commander of the army after its reorganization, and he rendered service in quelling the proposed filibustering expeditions from Kentucky against the See also:

• SPANISH

Spanish dominions, and also took the See also:

• LEAD
• LEAD (pronounced iced)

lead in occupying the See also:

• LAKE
• LAKE, GERARD LAKE, 1ST VISCOUNT (1744-1808)

lake posts delivered up by the British . While engaged in this service he died at See also:

• ERIE

Erie, Pennsylvania, on the 15th of See also:

• DECEMBER (Lat. decent, ten)

December 1796, and was interred there . In 1809 his remains were removed to St See also:

• DAVID
• DAVID (a Hebrew name meaning probably beloved 1)
• DAVID, FELICIEN (1810—1876)
• DAVID, GERARD [GHEERAERT DAVIT], (?=1523)
• DAVID, PIERRE JEAN (1789–1856)
• DAVID, ST (Dewi, Sant)

David's See also:

• CHURCHYARD
• CHURCHYARD, THOMAS (c. 152o-16o4)

Churchyard, See also:

• RADNOR, EARLS OF

Radnor, Pennsylvania .

See Charles J . Still&, Major-General Anthony Wayne and the Pennsylvania Line (Philadelphia, 1893); J . Munsell, (ed.), Wayne's Orderly See also:

• BOOK

Book of the See also:

• NORTHERN

Northern Army at Fort Ticonderoga and See also:

• MOUNT, WILLIAM SIDNEY (1807-1868)

Mount Independence (See also:

• ALBANY
• ALBANY, DUKES OF
• ALBANY, LOUISE MAXIMILIENNE CAROLINE, COUNTESS OF (1752-1824)

Albany, 1859) ; See also:

• BOYER, ALEXIS (1757-1833)
• BOYER, JEAN PIERRE (1776-1850)

Boyer, A See also:

• JOURNAL
• JOURNAL (through Fr. from late Lat. diurnalis, daily)

Journal of Wayne's Campaign (Cincinnati, 1866) ; See also:

• WILLIAM
• WILLIAM (1143-1214)
• WILLIAM (1227-1256)
• WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
• WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
• WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
• WILLIAM, 13TH

William See also:

• CLARK, FRANCIS EDWARD (1851- )
• CLARK, GEORGE ROGERS (1752—1818)
• CLARK, JOHN BATES (1847— )
• CLARK, JOSIAH LATIMER (1822—1898)
• CLARK, SIR ANDREW
• CLARK, SIR JAMES (1788—1870)
• CLARK, THOMAS (1801—1867)
• CLARK, WILLIAM (1770-1838)
• CLARK, WILLIAM GEORGE (1821—1878)

Clark, A Journal of Major-General Anthony Wayne's Campaign against the See also:

• SHAWNEE

Shawnee Indians (See also:

• MSS

MSS. owned by R . C . Ballard Thruston); H . P . See also:

• JOHNSTON, ALBERT SIDNEY (1803–1862)
• JOHNSTON, ALEXANDER (1849-1888)
• JOHNSTON, ALEXANDER KEITH (1804-1871)
• JOHNSTON, ARTHUR (1587-1641)
• JOHNSTON, J
• JOHNSTON, JOSEPH EGGLESTON (1807-1891)
• JOHNSTON, SIR HENRY HAMILTON (1858- )

Johnston, The Storming of Stony Point (New See also:

• YORK
• YORK (HOUSE OF)
• YORK, EDMUND OF LANGLEY, DUKE OF (1341-1402)
• YORK, EDWARD
• YORK, FREDERICK AUGUSTUS, DUKE OF (1763-1827)
• YORK, RICHARD, DUKE

York, 1900) ; J . R . Spears, Anthony Wayne (New York, 1903) .