PULASKI, CASIMIR, COUNT (1748-1779)

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PULASKI, CASIMIR, COUNT (1748-1779) , Polish soldier, was born in Podolia in 1748, and took a prominent share, under his father

Count

COUNT (Lat. comes, gen. comitis, Fr. comte, Ital. conte, Span. conde)

Joseph Pulaski, in the formation of the con-federation of Bar and in the military operations which followed, becoming ultimately

commander

COMMANDER

-in-

chief

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

of the Polish patriot forces. Driven into

exile

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
- CONSUL
- CONSUL (in Gr. generally ihraros,ashortened form of errpavgybs 8hraeos, i.e. praetor maximus)
, &c.; the connexion with solum, soil, country is now generally considered wrong)

about 1772, Pulaski went to America and joined the army of Washington in 1777. He distinguished himself at once in the battle of Brandywine, was made a brigadier-general and

chief

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

of cavalry by Congress, and fought at

Germantown

GERMANTOWN

, and in the battles of the winter 1777-78, after which he raised a mixed corps called the Pulaski legion. At the head of this force he won further distinction in the southern theatre of war, and successfully defended Charleston in May 1779. He was mortally wounded soon afterwards at the unsuccessful attack on

Savannah

SAVANNAH

(Oct. 9) and died two days later on board ship. Congress voted a

monument

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

to his memory; and though this vote has never been carried into execution,

Lafayette

LAFAYETTE

laid the corner-stone of a

monument

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

Savannah

SAVANNAH

in 1824, and this was completed in 1855.

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