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Brigadier General Anthony Wayne commands the 800 man strong First and Second Pennsylvania Brigades

The first and second Pennsylvania brigades, comprised of 800 men each, were temporarily commanded by Brigadier General Anthony Wayne. An estimated 34,577 pounds of meat and 168 barrels of flour per day were needed to feed the army. Soldiers relied on their home states and the Continental Congress to meet their needs. Shortages varied widely between regiments. Any number of misfortunes could befall a shipment attempting to reach the army.

When food ran so low that mutiny seemed imminent, General Wayne led a foraging expedition into New Jersey. Their mission was to round up all the cattle they could find and destroy what they could not bring with them. The owners concealed their herds in pine forests. This hurdle along with skirmishes with British foraging parties made the task difficult, but General Wayne was so successful that he was know as "The Drover."

This statue stands facing towards his home, which is not open to the public.

In case you can't read the plaques, they read as follows, upper right, then lower left:

Chairman of the Chester County Committee 1774; Deputy to the Provincial Convention 1774; Member of the Assembly 1774 1784-1785; Delegate to the Provincial Convention 1775; Member of the Committee of Safety 1775 - 1776; Member of the Council of Sensors 1783; Member of the Pennsylvania Convention to Ratify the Constitution 1787; Born in Chester County Pennsylvania January 1, 1745; Died at Presqu Isle Pennsylvania December 15, 1796

Anthony Wayne; Colonel Chester County Battalion of Minute Men July 21, 1775; Colonel 4th Pennsylvania Infantry Battalion July 3, 1776; Brig. General Continental Army February 21, 1777 to November 3, 1783; "Resolved unanimously that the thanks of Congress be presented to Brig. General Wayne for his brave, prudent, and soldierly conduct in the spirited and well conducted attack on stony point; that a gold medal emblematic of this action be struck and presented to Brig. General Wayne."; Major General and Commander in Chief United States Army March 5, 1792 to December 15, 1796

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