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Anthony Wayne

1745–1796 · 18th century

Anthony Wayne (1745–1796) was an American general, nicknamed "Mad Anthony" for his daring, who served in the Revolutionary War and captured Stony Point in 1779. Given command of the Legion of the United States, he defeated the Western Confederacy of Native nations at the Battle of Fallen Timbers in 1794 and negotiated the Treaty of Greenville in 1795, which opened most of Ohio to American settlement.

Anthony Wayne
Image: James Sharpless (c. 1795) · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

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Western Confederacy

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