biography
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Wayne, Anthony
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known as Mad Anthony
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| male
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| lived:
| (1745–96)
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| biography:
| US soldier, born in Wayneboro, Pennsylvania, USA. A Revolutionary war hero, he gained his nickname because of his courage on the battlefield. He fought in many important battles during 1775–8, and demonstrated his military excellence in his surprise attack on and capture of Stony Point (1779). In 1780 he took quick action that prevented a British seizure of West Point after Benedict Arnold's betrayal of the post. Following his retirement (1783), he was recalled to military service in 1792 to meet a threat from Indians in the Ohio R valley. He campaigned cautiously (1793) before winning a decisive battle at Fallen Timbers (1794), and forced the Indian chiefs to accept the Treaty of Greenville, which opened up new areas to white settlers. |
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