AMERICAN REVOLUTION]. WAYNE, Anthony ("Mad Anthony"), (1745-1796), General, Continental Army . Autograph letter signed ("Ant y. Wayne") to Captain Hughs "Comm g the Cavalry," Savannah, [GA], 6 August 1782. 1½ pages, 4to, fine. WAYNE DIRECTS MILITARY OPERATIONS IN SAVANNAH LESS THAN A MONTH AFTER THE END OF BRITISH OCCUPATION In late 1778, after the failure of British Campaigns in the North, Sir Henry Clinton prepared for a new series of operations that would strike at America's southern colonies. On December 29, his plan was initiated by the capture of the southernmost American colonial port, Savannah. Allied forces failed to retake the city in a bloody 1779 assault. In January of 1782, three months after the surrender of Cornwallis at Yorktown, Major General Anthony Wayne was ordered by Nathaniel Greene to take command of American forces in Georgia. For several months, Wayne searched for some way to drive the British out of Savannah. Failing to accomplish the task militarily because of the inferior numbers he had at his disposal, he was finally rewarded on July 11 when the British abandoned the city. Wayne's army triumphantly entered Savannah on the same day. After the liberation of Savannah, Greene encouraged Wayne to take his army to South Carolina where a continued British threat remained. Wayne remained in Savannah for a month, however, to provide protection for the Georgia State Government. Finally, in August, he began the movement north. Here, Wayne orders his cavalry commander to proceed: "You'll please to march tomorrow morning at 4 OClock, with all the Cavalry, except a Serg t. & three Dragoons, to be left for my Guard, & reach as far as Ocoses [probably the Ocoee River]; the next morning, you'll pass the Savannah, & proceed to the Hospital, or nearest, and most convenient place to ration the troops, & forage the horse, for which purpose you'll please to send Captain Parker, in front to have those essential articles ready by the time the troops arrive; as soon as you overtake the Infantry you'll advance with them, putting yourself under the command of Colonel Posey until I arrive." Reflecting his desire that the property of Georgia remain unmolested, he cautions: "You are to take every possible precaution, to prevent marauding, & march in regular & compact order. I wish you a pleasant tour." After retiring from service at the end of the war, Wayne returned to the military in 1792 and established the foundation on which the United States Army was created. Wayne's letters during his southern campaigns in the Revolution are decidely uncommon.
AMERICAN REVOLUTION]. WAYNE, Anthony ("Mad Anthony"), (1745-1796), General, Continental Army . Autograph letter signed ("Ant y. Wayne") to Captain Hughs "Comm g the Cavalry," Savannah, [GA], 6 August 1782. 1½ pages, 4to, fine. WAYNE DIRECTS MILITARY OPERATIONS IN SAVANNAH LESS THAN A MONTH AFTER THE END OF BRITISH OCCUPATION In late 1778, after the failure of British Campaigns in the North, Sir Henry Clinton prepared for a new series of operations that would strike at America's southern colonies. On December 29, his plan was initiated by the capture of the southernmost American colonial port, Savannah. Allied forces failed to retake the city in a bloody 1779 assault. In January of 1782, three months after the surrender of Cornwallis at Yorktown, Major General Anthony Wayne was ordered by Nathaniel Greene to take command of American forces in Georgia. For several months, Wayne searched for some way to drive the British out of Savannah. Failing to accomplish the task militarily because of the inferior numbers he had at his disposal, he was finally rewarded on July 11 when the British abandoned the city. Wayne's army triumphantly entered Savannah on the same day. After the liberation of Savannah, Greene encouraged Wayne to take his army to South Carolina where a continued British threat remained. Wayne remained in Savannah for a month, however, to provide protection for the Georgia State Government. Finally, in August, he began the movement north. Here, Wayne orders his cavalry commander to proceed: "You'll please to march tomorrow morning at 4 OClock, with all the Cavalry, except a Serg t. & three Dragoons, to be left for my Guard, & reach as far as Ocoses [probably the Ocoee River]; the next morning, you'll pass the Savannah, & proceed to the Hospital, or nearest, and most convenient place to ration the troops, & forage the horse, for which purpose you'll please to send Captain Parker, in front to have those essential articles ready by the time the troops arrive; as soon as you overtake the Infantry you'll advance with them, putting yourself under the command of Colonel Posey until I arrive." Reflecting his desire that the property of Georgia remain unmolested, he cautions: "You are to take every possible precaution, to prevent marauding, & march in regular & compact order. I wish you a pleasant tour." After retiring from service at the end of the war, Wayne returned to the military in 1792 and established the foundation on which the United States Army was created. Wayne's letters during his southern campaigns in the Revolution are decidely uncommon.
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