Editing Fort Recovery (section)

==Background==
General Wayne purposely built the fort at the site where [[Arthur St. Clair]] had been defeated in 1791 by an Indian confederacy under Miami Chief [[Michikinikwa]] (Little Turtle) and Shawnee Chief [[Weyapiersenwah]] (Blue Jacket). That battle, called [[St. Clair's Defeat]], ended St Clair's military career and prompted the [[United States Congress]] to undertake a full investigation of the loss.

As a direct result of the Native American victory, the [[Legion of the United States]] was founded and placed under the command of General [[Anthony Wayne|"Mad Anthony" Wayne]].  Wayne hoped to demonstrate that the United States Army could recover from this crushing defeat and emerge victorious in what was also known as "Little Turtle's War."  In late 1793, Wayne led 300 men to the site of St. Clair's defeat and deliberately had Fort Recovery built there.  On December 25, they identified the site due to the large amount of unburied remains.  [[Private (rank)|Private]] George Will wrote that to set up camp, the unit had to move bones to make space for their beds.<ref>{{cite book |last=Winkler |first=John F |title=Fallen Timbers 1794: The US Army’s first victory |publisher=[[Bloomsbury Publishing]] |year=2013 |isbn= 978-1-7809-6377-8 |page=46}}</ref>  On June 30 of that year, a large Native American force and a few British officers conducted the [[Siege of Fort Recovery]].  Although the Legion suffered high casualties, they were able to maintain control of the fort, in part because they had recovered cannons lost by St. Clair in 1791.  Wayne used Fort Recovery as a staging ground for advances into the territory.  He ultimately defeated the Native American confederacy at the [[Battle of Fallen Timbers]] in August 1794.  In 1795, confederacy representatives signed the [[Treaty of Greenville]], which ceded control of most of the modern state of Ohio, using Fort Recovery as a reference point for the border between Native American and United States territories.<ref>{{cite web |title=Treaty of Greene Ville |publisher=Touring Ohio |url=http://touringohio.com/history/greeneville-treaty.html |access-date=November 21, 2019}}</ref>