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PULASKI, CASIMIR, COUNT (1748-1779)

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PULASKI, CASIMIR, COUNT (1748-1779)

PULASKI, CASIMIR, See also:
COUNT (Lat. comes, gen. comitis, Fr. comte, Ital. conte, Span. conde)
COUNT (1748-1779) , See also:

POLISH

Polish soldier, was See also:

BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born in See also:

PODOLIA

Podolia in 1748, and took a prominent See also:

SHARE (O. Eng. scearu, chiefly in compounds, e.g. land-scearu, a share of land, from sceran to cut; cf. " shear" )

share, under his See also:

FATHER

father Count See also:

Joseph Pulaski, in the formation of the See also:

CON

con-federation of See also:

Bar and in the military operations which followed, becoming ultimately See also:

COMMANDER

commander-in-See also:

CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief of the Polish patriot forces. Driven into See also:

EXILE (Lat. exsilium or exilium, from exsul or exul, which is derived from ex, out of, and the root sal, to go, seen in salire, to leap, consul, &c.; the connexion with solum, soil, country is now generally considered wrong)

exile about 1772, Pulaski went to See also:

AMERICA

America and joined the See also:

army of See also:

Washington in 1777. He distinguished himself at once in the See also:

BATTLE

battle of See also:

BRANDYWINE

Brandywine, was made a brigadier-See also:

general and chief of See also:

CAVALRY (Fr. cavalerie, Ger. Kavallerie or Reiterei, derived ultimately from late Lat. caballus, horse)

cavalry by See also:

CONGRESS (Lat. congressus, coming together, from congredi; cum, with, and gradus, step)

Congress, and fought at See also:

GERMANTOWN

Germantown, and in the battles of the See also:

winter 1777-78, after which he raised a mixed See also:

CORPS (pronounced as in French, from which it is taken, being a late spelling of tors, from Lat. corpus, a body; cf. " corpse ")

corps called the Pulaski See also:

LEGION (Lat. legio)

legion. At the See also:

head of this force he won further distinction in the See also:

SOUTHERN

southern See also:

THEATRE (BEarpov, " a place for seeing," from OeacOae)

theatre of See also:

war, and successfully defended See also:

CHARLESTON

Charleston in May 1779. He was mortally wounded soon afterwards at the unsuccessful attack on See also:

SAVANNAH

Savannah (Oct. 9) and died two days later on See also:

BOARD (O. Eng. bord)

board See also:

SHIP

ship. Congress voted a See also:

MONUMENT (Lat. monumentum or monumentum; from monere, to advise, bring to mind, remind; the German equivalent is Denkmal)

monument to his memory; and though this See also:

VOTE

vote has never been carried into See also:

EXECUTION (from Lat. ex-sequor, exsecutus, follow or carry out)

execution, See also:

LAFAYETTE

Lafayette laid the corner-See also:

stone of a monument in Savannah in 1824, and this was completed in 1855.

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