Włodzimierz Krzyżanowski
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Włodzimierz Krzyżanowski
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| Birth name | Włodzimierz Bonawentura Krzyżanowski |
| Born |
July 8, 1824 Rożnowo, Grand Duchy of Poznań |
| Died | January 31, 1887 (aged 62) New York City, New York |
| Place of burial | Arlington National Cemetery |
| Allegiance |
United States of America Union |
| Service/branch |
United States Army Union Army |
| Years of service | 1861–1865 |
| Rank |
 Colonel Brevet Brigadier General Brigadier General (temporary) |
| Unit |
Army of the Potomac Army of the Cumberland |
| Commands held | Krzyżanowski's Brigade, XI Corps |
| Battles/wars | |
| Relations | cousin of Frédéric Chopin |
| Other work | civil engineer, military territorial administrator, Treasury Department clerk, customs agent |
1848 Polish Uprising
American Civil War
Włodzimierz Bonawentura Krzyżanowski ([vwɔˈd͡ʑimjɛʂ kʂɨʐaˈnɔfski]; 8 July 1824 – 31 January 1887) was a Polish-born American engineer, politician, and military leader — during the American Civil War, a brigadier general in the Union Army.
A Polish noble, he took part in the 1848 uprising against Prussia and left Poland after its suppression.
In early 1861 he enlisted in the United States' Union Army, recruited a company of Polish immigrants, and became colonel of the 58th New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment, listed in the official Army Register as the "Polish Legion". In 1862 he was promoted to brigadier general.
In the July 1863 Battle of Gettysburg, Krzyżanowski helped repel an evening assault by the famed Louisiana Tigers on the Union defenses atop East Cemetery Hill. After the Civil War, he held several government posts, though not as the first American administrator of Alaska Territory, as is often thought.
Krzyżanowski was born in Rożnowo, Grand Duchy of Poznań, into an old Polish noble family that bore the Świnka coat of arms, and whose roots reached back to the 14th century and ownership of the village of Krzyżanowo near Kościan. Krzyżanowski's father and both uncles had fought for Polish independence under Napoleon's banners, and his brother fought in the November 1830 Uprising.
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