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Fallen Timbers
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Fallen Timbers, battle fought in 1794 between tribes of the Northwest Territory and the U.S. army commanded by Anthony Wayne Wayne, Anthony, 1745–96, American Revolutionary general, b. Chester co., Pa. Impetuous and hot-headed, Wayne was sometimes known as "mad Anthony," but he was an able general.
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; it took place in NW Ohio at the rapids of the Maumee River just southwest of present-day Toledo. The Native American defeat hastened the collapse of indigenous resistance in the area, secured the northwest frontier, and demonstrated the strength of the new national government. The battleground is now the site of a state historical monument.


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Many of the families who defended the British cause in the Revolutionary War were called upon again to volunteer with Caldwell at the Battle of Fallen Timbers in 1794.
military expedition after another until finally overwhelmed by Mad Anthony Wayne at the Battle of Fallen Timbers in 1794 [1].
Clark was the younger brother of Revolutionary War hero George Rogers Clark and had himself served in the Army with distinction, including fighting in the Battle of Fallen Timbers.
 
 
 
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