Wayne, Anthony. An American general of the Revolutionary epoch. Born in Chester County, PA, in 1745. Wayne entered the army as a colonel in 1775, and after serving with distinction in the Canadian campaign, commanded a division at the Battle of Brandywine, and the right wing at Germantown, 1777. After distinguishing himself at Monmouth in the following year, he captured by assault the fortified works at Stony Point on the Hudson in 1779, and received the thanks of Congress. After participating in the capture of Cornwallis' army at Yorktown in 1780, he defeated the Indians in Georgia, and in 1794 gained a victory over the Miami Indians in Ohio. Anthony Wayne died in 1796.

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