‘Determined to Be Free’: Mad Anthony Wayne Captures an 'Impregnable' Fort in 1779

<![CDATA[On the night of July 15-16, 1779, Gen. George Washington sent “Mad Anthony” Wayne and his men on a mission to take a British fort, a mission that the British thought suicidal and that many of the Americans involved were almost certain would end in their deaths. And yet the Americans attacked the fort anyway, winning an amazing victory and earning themselves lasting fame.]]>