Readiness and Strength of Wayne's Army; More on Filling Officer Vacancies
Type
Author's Letterbook Copy
Title
Readiness and Strength of Wayne's Army; More on Filling Officer Vacancies
Description
Wayne says he is ready for his army to descend the Ohio River which is now navigable due to recent heavy rains. Not counting the 800 men that will left in garrisons, he has 1200 effectives available for the coming campaign. He still has a number of vacancies in the officer corps that will be filled with the officers next in rank, pending orders from the President.
year created
1793
month created
04
day created
20
author
sent from location
Legion Ville
recipient
in collection
in microfilm
in publication
in image
note
Spans Images 209-213 of this collection.
notable person/group
Henry Knox
Anthony Wayne
Quartermaster General
General Wilkinson
Wabash Indians
their father Captain Prior
Dragoons, Artillery, Infantry & Riflemen
Capt. Slough
sixty men under Capt. Preston
Major Mills
Lieut. Col. Smith
Capt. Armstrong
Major Bedinger
Capt. R.S. Howe
Ensigh Wm. Pitt Galloway
Ensign Hall
the President
notable location
Legion Ville
Pittsburgh
Forts Washington, Hamilton, St. Clair, & Jefferson
mouth of the Great Kenhawa
County of Washington
territory northwest of the Ohio
Marietta, Bellepre and Gallipolis
notable item/thing
your final orders
explicit and full instructions
clothing for the pending campaign
dependence upon the navigation of this river
late heavy fall of rain
one hundred and forty men reported totally unfit for field duty
discharges
garrison duty
such miserable and wretched things [men]
necessary garrisons on the upper parts of the Ohio
twelve hundred effectives
great success in recruiting
the months pay & the Commissions for the officers
Court of Inquiry
General Court Martial
resignations of Majors Bedinger & Armstrong
an affair of honor
a pretty wide field for promotion
notable phrase
[I] have now the pleasure to inform you that we have been in readiness to descend the Ohio since the 15th instant with all the troops and stores at this place
and altho the notice was short such have been the exertions of the Quartermaster General that the boats and every necessary for the transportation were on the spot agreeably to the period mentioned in your letter
document number
1793042053555
page start
209
number of pages
2
