Legionville (or Legion Ville) was the first formal basic training facility for the military of the United States. The camp, which was established in winter 1792 under the command of Major General Anthony Wayne, was near present-day Baden, Pennsylvania, a suburb of Pittsburgh. It was used to train the soldiers which would become the Legion of the United States.
Throughout the winter of 1792-93, existing troops along with new recruits were drilled in military skills, tactics and discipline. The following spring the newly named Legion of the United States left Legionville for the Northwest Indian War, a struggle between American Indian tribes affiliated with the Western Confederacy in the area north of the Ohio River.
The overwhelmingly successful campaign was concluded with the decisive victory at the Battle of Fallen Timbers on August 20, 1794. The training the troops received at Legionville was seen as instrumental to this victory.
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Legionville (or Legion Ville) was the first formal basic training facility for the military of the United States. The camp, which was established in winter...
created the first training camp used by the United States Military, at Legionville in western Pennsylvania, on the banks of the Ohio River. This was created...
United States on ground situated where Logstown's "upper town" had been. Legionville became the first basic training camp for regular Army recruits, and was...
to an encampment downriver on the Ohio River near Fort McIntosh named Legionville for training. In September 1793, the Legion moved by barge down the Ohio...
General Anthony Wayne, the Legion constructed a training camp called Legionville near Pittsburgh. This is considered the Army's first basic training camp...
them for new conflicts. Wayne established a basic training facility at Legionville to prepare professional soldiers for the reorganized army, stating that...
negotiations, he prepared his army known as the Legion of the United States at Legionville, a camp on the Ohio River near Pittsburgh. Wayne believed the previous...
training his troops at the army's first formal basic training facility in Legionville, Pennsylvania, in military skills, forest warfare tactics and discipline...
David C. National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Legionville. National Park Service, October 1974. Kelso, Thomas G., and Madeline...
Brothers United States The steamer sank at dock over night in the Ohio River at Legionville, Pennsylvania when her siphon pump was shut off. Later raised....
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command of this army. Wayne recruited, organized and trained this army at Legionville, Pennsylvania on the Ohio River down river from Pittsburgh. General Wayne...
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