Talk:Legion of the United States

Wrong Ft. Miami?

Source for this is from growing up in Maumee OH - this is local geography to me. I believe the Ft. Miamis referenced is not the one linked to from the article. The Ft. Miami referred to is in Maumee, a few miles (rather than the 50+ miles to the Indian site the article links to).

Fixed. Thanks. Mingusboodle (talk) 17:40, 2 January 2009 (UTC)

Legacy?

The Legacy section currently begins with the assertion that "It is a common misconception that the legion was abandoned in 1796." There are a couple of problems with this assertion, but before I delete it I'm going to give its supporter(s) an opportunity to fix it.

First, provide evidence that it is a miconception. If it wasn't abandoned in 1796, what did happen to it? Was it abandoned in some other year? Was it discontinued or replaced in some other manner than abandonment?

Second, provide evidence that it is a common misconception.

Earendur (talk) 17:10, 9 January 2014 (UTC)

Indian Wars Streamer

Would it be appropriate to put the Indian Wars Campaign streamer in the infobox? I'm not sure because the Legion technically didn't exist when the streamer was created, but there are Regiments today who have this streamer specifically because of their lineage from the Legion. In other words, the Legion was never awarded the streamer, but they're the unit that earned it for the units that have it today.
See US Army Center of Military History

Zebulon Pike

Zebulon Pike has been added to the list of Notable members of the Legion, but there's no citation and nothing in the article Zebulon Pike to corroborate. That article states "He was commissioned as a second lieutenant of infantry in 1799," which would fall outside the timeline in which the Legion existed. Can anyone confirm that Pike was or was not a member of the Legion? Canute (talk) 20:53, 2 March 2020 (UTC)

I'm removing Pike for the reasons stated above. His article says he was born in 1779 and commissioned in 1799, after the Legion had been reorganized into the Army of the United States. If someone has more info and a source to show he was in the Legion, he could be added back in. Canute (talk) 14:35, 25 August 2020 (UTC)

There was a Zebulon Pike in the 3rd sub-legion. See “Roster of the Officers of 'The Legion of the United States,' Commanded by Major-General Anthony Wayne.” The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, vol. 16, no. 4, 1893, p. 426. I'd wager this is Zebulon Pike, Sr., the father of "Pike's Peak" Zebulon Pike. I won't pursue this further at this time, but it might make for an interesting addition or note if someone wants to go down that trail. Canute (talk) 19:41, 19 October 2020 (UTC)

General Scott’s militia

The text says that Wayne’s forces were joined at camp Hobson’s Choice by Scott’s Kentucky Militia. I believe that didn’t happen until much later, at Fort Greene Ville, in the late spring of 1794. The paragraph is uncited, so I can’t check the source. A historian needs to check that timeline. Sbalfour (talk) 21:33, 7 August 2021 (UTC)

Fixed: Scott's cavalry arrived at Ft. Greene Ville on July 26-27, 1794, and did not attend Camp Hobson. Sbalfour (talk) 14:29, 8 August 2021 (UTC)

Nice catch! Canute (talk) 00:30, 10 August 2021 (UTC)