Anthony Wayne

Wayne, Anthony (1745–96), American Revolutionary general whose daring tactics earned him the name “mad Anthony Wayne.” In 1779 he executed the brilliant victory of Stony Point over the British, and he was with Lafayette at the siege of Yorktown (1781). During the wars with Native Americans out West, his success at Fallen Timbers in 1794 led to his negotiation of the Treaty of Greenville (1795) in which most of Ohio was ceded to the U.S.

See also: Indian wars; Revolutionary War in America.