WAYNE, ANTHONY, an American military officer; born in East Town, Chester co., Pa., Jan. 1, 1745; became a land surveyor; was an intimate friend of Franklin, and early took an active interest in public affairs. Having mar ried and settled to farming (1767), he was elected to the Pennsylvania conven tion and Legislature in 1774, served on the committee of safety, and in 1775 raised a regiment with which he took part in the campaign against Canada. He fought with distinction and was wounded at the battle of Trois Rivieres (Jan. 3, 1776) ; held the fortress of Ticonderoga and Mount Independence till May, 1777; and, after receiving the commission of Brigadier-General, led a division at Brzlndywine (Sept. 11) , and commanded the right wing at German town (Oct. 4). He made a dashing raid on the British lines in the winter of 1777-1778, carrying off a great quantity of supplies, and on the night of July 15, 1779, achieved the most brilliant of the American victories in the storming of Stony Point, for which he received a gold medal and the thanks of Con gress. By a bayonet charge he rescued
Lafayette in Virginia in 1782; made a daring attack on the whole British Army at Green Spring (July 6), and de feated the British and Indians in Georgia. After the war "Mad Anthony" retired quietly to his farm, but he was made Major-General in 1792, and again took the field, this time against the western Indians, whom he overthrew at Maumee Rapids, and forced to conclude the treaty of Greenville (1795). On his way back to his farm at Waynesboro he died at Presque Isle (now Erie), Dec. 15, 1796. A monument was erected to him at Waynesboro in 1809.