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Anthony Wayne Fallen Timbers, Battle of Oil painting of the 1795 Treaty of Greenville signing, showing General Anthony Wayne with U.S. officers and Miami chief Little Turtle with Native American leaders in a grassy landscape.
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Anthony Wayne

American military officer
Also known as: Mad Anthony Wayne
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Anthony Wayne (born January 1, 1745, near Paoli, Pennsylvania [U.S.]—died December 15, 1796, Presque Isle, Pennsylvania, U.S.) was a prominent American general during the Revolutionary War, who later destroyed the Northwest Indian Confederation at the Battle of Fallen Timbers in Ohio (August 20, 1794). The owner of a tannery and extensive property in Pennsylvania, Wayne was commissioned a colonel in the Continental Army in January 1776. That spring his regiment was sent to reinforce the...

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