Bayonets in the Wilderness: Anthony Wayne's Legion in the Old Northwest

by Alan D. Gaff

Book Overview

Volume 4 in the Campaigns and Commanders Series Ration shortages, disloyalty, defeat, and international meddling--such were the obstacles facing General Anthony Wayne as he sought to secure the Old Northwest Territory for white settlement in the 1790s. When President George Washington appointed Wayne to command the Legion of the United States, he granted him unlimited powers to conduct a military campaign against the Indian confederacy of the Ohio...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0806139307
• ISBN13: 9780806139302
• Release Date: February 2008
• Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 1.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 7.0" x 10.0"