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Unlikely General: “Mad” Anthony Wayne and the Battle for America (virtual)
Unlikely General: “Mad” Anthony Wayne and the Battle for America (virtual)
What made Anthony Wayne an “unlikely general”? He was not President George Washington’s first choice to lead an army against the confederation of Ohio tribes blocking America’s advance across the Ohio River in 1792. Wayne, a notorious womanizer, heavy drinker, and spend-thrift, had just been removed from Congress for voter fraud. Though he had fought […]
