Wayne, Anthony, 1745-1796
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Name (Latin)
Wayne, Anthony, 1745-1796
Date of birth
1745
Date of death
1796-12-15
Field of activity
Georgia--Politics and government
Pennsylvania--Politics and government
United States--Politics and government
Occupation
Founding Fathers of the United States
Politicians
Soldiers
Statesmen
Associated Language
eng
Gender
male
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Sources of Information
- Wikipedia, Oct. 28, 2022:(Anthony Wayne; born January 1, 1745, in Chester County, Pa.; died December 15, 1796, in Pennsylvania; an American soldier, officer, statesman, and Founding Father of English descent; elected to the Pennsylvania General Assembly and helped raise a Pennsylvania militia unit in 1775; during the Revolutionary War, he served in the Invasion of Quebec, the Philadelphia campaign, and the Yorktown campaign, and was promoted to major general in 1783, he retired from the Continental Army soon after; after the war, Wayne settled in Georgia and briefly represented Georgia in the United States House of Representatives; he returned to the Army to accept command of U.S. forces in the Northwest Indian War; Wayne died during a return trip to Pennsylvania)
- Anthony Wayne, Washington's reliable general, c1988:t.p.
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Anthony Wayne (1745–1796)
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