Anthony Wayne

Anthony Wayne of Chester County, Pennsylvania, served as colonel of the Chester County Battalion of Minute Men on July 21, 1775, colonel of the 4th Pennsylvania Infantry Battalion on January 3, 1776, brigadier general in the Continental Army from February 21, 1777 to November 3, 1783, and brevet major general on September 30, 1783. Congress unanimously resolved that its thanks be presented to Brigadier General Wayne for his brave, prudent, and soldierly conduct in the spirited and well-conducted attack on Stony Point, and that a gold medal emblematic of this action be struck and presented to him. He later served as major general and Commander in Chief of the United States Army from March 5, 1792 to December 15, 1796. His public service also included serving as chairman of the Chester County Committee in 1774, deputy to the Provincial Convention in 1774, member of the Assembly in 1774 and 1784-1785, delegate to the Provincial Convention in 1776, member of the Committee of Safety in 1775-1776, and member of the Pennsylvania Convention to ratify the Constitution in 1787. Born in Chester County, Pennsylvania, on January 1, 1745, he died at Presqu’ Isle, Pennsylvania, on December 15, 1796.

Chesterbrook, Pennsylvania · United States