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Wayne, Anthony, 1745-1796 [General Orders No. 5].

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC04864.01 Author/Creator: Wayne, Anthony, 1745-1796 Place Written: Greeneville, Ohio Type: Autograph document Date: 9 May 1795 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; Order a Copy

Notifies non-commissioned officers and privates that they may reenlist, and informs paymasters to pay them at the full bounty enacted by Congress on 3 March 1795. Wayne was the general in command of the United States Army in Greeneville, Ohio.

Wayne, Anthony, 1745-1796

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