Major General Anthony Wayne

Major General Anthony Wayne (HM29AV)

Location: Fort Wayne, IN 46802 Allen County
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Country: United States of America
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N 41° 4.856', W 85° 8.28'

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In the early 1790s, the United States Army suffered two serious defeats at the hands of Indians under the leadership of Little Turtle, war chief of the Miami nation. In response, President George Washington sent Revolutionary War hero Gen. "Mad" Anthony Wayne into the western frontier. He had earned the nickname "Mad" for his reckless daring in a spectacular attack on the British at Stoney Point, New York, during the Revolution.

A stern disciplinarian, Wayne rigorously trained his troops before he took his "Legion of the United States" into Miami territory in 1794. His forces defeated the Indian confederacy at the battle of Fort Recovery, Ohio (July 2, 1794) and then again at the battle of Fallen Timbers, near Toledo (August 20, 1794).

Wayne next moved his "Legion" up the Maumee river to the large Native American settlement of Kekionga at the confluence of the Three Rivers. He chose a site across the Maumee River from Kekionga to build the first American fort and then handed over command to Col. John Hamtramck. On October 22, 1794, the fourth anniversary of the defeat of the United States at the Battle of Kekionga, Hamtramck called together a parade of the garrison, fired 15 rounds of cannon (in honor of each of the fifteen states on the Union), and formally announced that this



place was henceforth to be called Fort Wayne.

Anthony Wayne left Fort Wayne four days later, never to return. After inspecting other U.S. garrisons and successfully negotiating the Treaty of Greenville in 1795 with the Indians of the region, Wayne returned to Pennsylvania where he died in 1796.
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Date Added Friday, July 13th, 2018 at 10:01am PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)16T E 656409 N 4549411
Decimal Degrees41.08093333, -85.13800000
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 41° 4.856', W 85° 8.28'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds41° 4' 51.36" N, 85° 8' 16.8" W
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Area Code(s)260
Which side of the road?Marker is on the right when traveling West
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 201 E Main St, Fort Wayne IN 46802, US
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