Casimir Pulaski
Count Kazimierz Michał Władysław Wiktor Pułaski of Ślepowron coat of arms (English: Casimir Pulaski; March 6, 1745[1] – October 11, 1779) was a Polish nobleman, soldier and military commander who has been called "the father of the American cavalry".
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 A painting of Casimir Pulaski, by Jan Styka. | |
| Native name | Kazimierz Pułaski |
| Born | March 6, 1745a Warsaw, Poland |
| Died | October 11, 1779 (aged 34) Savannah, Georgia, USA |
| Allegiance | Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth United States |
| Service/branch | Army of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth Continental Army |
| Years of service | 1762–1779 |
| Rank | U.S. Brigadier General |
| Unit | Pulaski's Legion |
| Battles/wars | War of the Bar Confederation, American Revolutionary War (Siege of Savannah) |
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Pulaski was one of the leading military commanders for the Bar Confederation and fought against Russian domination of the Commonwealth. When this uprising failed, he was driven into exile. Following a recommendation by Benjamin Franklin, Pulaski emigrated to North America to help in the cause of the American Revolutionary War. He distinguished himself throughout the revolution. He most notably when he saved the life of George Washington. Pulaski became a general in the Continental Army. He created the Pulaski Cavalry Legion. He also created the American cavalry. At the Battle of Savannah, while leading a daring charge against British forces, he was gravely wounded, and died shortly thereafter.
In 2009, he was honored by becoming an honorary U.S. citizen.[2]
Casimir Pulaski Media
Clan Ślepowron
Pulaski at Częstochowa, an 1875 painting by Józef Chełmoński
Casimir Pulaski gathering supporters for the Confederation at Bar. Painting by Korneli Szlegel
A map of the Bar Confederation conflict in Poland between 1768 and 1772, with white areas being controlled by the Confederates
Pulaski at the walls of the Jasna Góra Monastery in 1770, by artist Juliusz Kossak
Pulaski on horseback, painting by Juliusz Kossak, 1883
United States postage stamp featuring General Casimir Pulaski. Issue of 1931, 2 cents
Statue of Pulaski at the Kazimierz Pułaski Museum in Warka, Poland.
Fort Pulaski in Georgia, U.S.
References
- ↑ "Casimir Pulaski Birthday Commemoration. The Real Date of Casimir Pulaski's Birth" (PDF). Poles in America Foundation. March 6, 2012. Retrieved May 17, 2012.
- ↑ "Kazimierz Pulaski Granted U.S. Citizenship Posthumously (11 March 2009) – U.S. Diplomatic Mission to Warsaw, Poland". U. S. Department of State. March 11, 2009. Archived from the original on May 29, 2010. Retrieved May 16, 2012.
More reading
- Collins, David R. (1997). Hero on Horseback: The Story of Casimir Pulaski. Los Angeles: Pelican Publishing. p. 32. ISBN 978-1-4556-0570-5. Url
- Kajencki, Annmarie Francis (2005). Count Casimir Pulaski: From Poland to America, A Hero's Fight for Liberty. New York: The Rosen Publishing Group. p. 112. ISBN 978-1-4042-2646-3. Url
- Kerner, Robert Joseph (1936). Brigadier General Casimir Pulaski, A Hero of the American Revolution. San Francisco: Slavonic Alliance of California. OCLC 30632693. Url
- Konopczynski, Wladyslaw; translated by Irena Makarewicz (1947). Casimir Pulaski. Archives and museum. Vol. 11. Annals of the Polish Roman Catholic Union. p. 64. OCLC 459864667.
- Stefaniak, Iwona, ed. (2007). 40 lat Muzeum im. Kazimierza Pułaskiego w Warce: bohater, historia i perspektywy rozwoju: materiały z polsko-amerykańskiego sympozjum w Warce-Winiarach, 13–16 października 2007 [Forty Years of the Casimir Pulaski Museum in Warka: The Hero, History and Perspectives for Development: Papers from the Polish-American Symposium in Warka-Winiary, October 13–16, 2007]. Warka: Casimir Pulaski Museum in Warka. p. 347. ISBN 978-83-925551-5-5. OCLC 212815661.
Other websites
- A Chronology of Casimir Pulaski's Life 1745–1779
- One More Funeral of Kazimierz Pulaski 221 Years After his Death
"Casimir Pulaski". Catholic Encyclopedia. (1913). New York: Robert Appleton. - Casimir Pulaski Day Archived 2012-07-22 at the Wayback Machine, the Office of Civil Rights and Diversity at Eastern Illinois University. Leszek Szymański, Casimir Pulaski: A Hero of the American Revolution, E207.P8 S97 1994.
- "Casimir Pulaski". Find a Grave. Retrieved August 10, 2010. for his reputed burial site in Savannah, Georgia {for reference only}
- "KAZIMIERZ PUŁASKI" [Casimir Pulaski biography on Casimir Pulaski's Museum in Warka, Poland] (in polski). Muzeum im. Kazimierza Pułaskiego w Warce. Archived from the original on August 17, 2010. Retrieved September 9, 2010.
- Casimir Pulaski Foundation
