Anthony Wayne was an American soldier, officer, statesman, and a Founding Father of the United States. He adopted a military career at the outset of the American Revolutionary War, where his military
Anthony Wayne (1745-1796). (Pastel by James Sharples, Sr., c. 1795; Independence National Historical Park.)
18th-century print of Wayne
1780 letter from Wayne to Israel Shreve
Statue of Wayne at Valley Forge, facing toward his home in nearby Paoli, Pennsylvania
The Battle of Fallen Timbers was the final battle of the Northwest Indian War, a struggle between the Northwestern Confederacy and United States for control of the Northwest Territory. The battle took
Anthony Wayne
…American Indian tribes. Leading up to the war, Wayne oversaw a major change and reorganization of the entire United States Army. Following the 1794 Battle of Fallen Timbers, he later negotiated the Treaty of Greenville which ended the war and the tribes’ alliance with the British Empire. In the 21st century, Wayne's legacy…
1895 illustration of the battle
The Legion of the United States makes contact with the Western Confederacy on 20 August 1794.