Wlodzimierz Krzyzanowski

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Wlodzimierz Krzyzanowski

Wlodzimierz Bonawentura Krzyzanowski (; Wladimir Krzyzanowski; July 8, 1824 – January 31, 1887) was a Polish

Poland

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military leader and a brigade

Brigade

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commander in the Union Army

Union Army

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during the American Civil War

American Civil War

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. He played a role in the July 1863 Battle of Gettysburg

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in helping push back an evening assault by the famed Louisiana Tigers

Louisiana Tigers

The Louisiana Tigers was the common nickname for certain infantry troops from the state of Louisiana in the American Civil War in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War....
on the Union defenses atop East Cemetery Hill

Cemetery Hill

Cemetery Hill is a key terrain feature in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, the northernmost extent of Cemetery Ridge. It played prominent roles in all three days of the Battle of Gettysburg, July 1–3, 1863....
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zanowski was born in Roznowo

Róznowo

R?znowo may refer to the following places:*R?znowo, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship *R?znowo, Ilawa County in Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship *R?znowo, Olsztyn County in Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship ...
, Grand Duchy of Posen, into an old Polish noble family that bore the Swinka coat of arms, and whose roots reached back to the 14th century and ownership of the village of Krzyzanowo near Koscian

Koscian

Koscian [] is a town on the Obra canal in central Poland with 21,050 inhabitants .Situated in the Greater Poland Voivodeship , previously in Leszno Voivodeship , it is the capital of Koscian County....
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Wlodzimierz Bonawentura Krzyzanowski (; Wladimir Krzyzanowski; July 8, 1824 – January 31, 1887) was a Polish

Poland

Brigade

A brigade is a military unit that is typically composed of two to five regiments or battalions, depending on the era and nationality of a given army....
commander in the Union Army

Union Army

The Union Army was the army that fought for the Union during the American Civil War. It was also known as the Federal Army, the U.S....
during the American Civil War

American Civil War

Battle of Gettysburg

Louisiana Tigers

Cemetery Hill

Early life

Krzyzanowski was born in Roznowo

Róznowo

Koscian

Napoleon I of France

Napoleon Bonaparte later known as Emperor Napoleon I, was a military and political leader of France whose actions shaped European politics in the early 19th century....
's banners, and his brother fought in the November 1830 Uprising.

Krzyzanowski was a cousin to Frédéric Chopin

Frédéric Chopin

Fr?d?ric Chopin was a composer and virtuoso pianist of the Romantic music period. He is widely regarded as the greatest Polish composer, and one of music's greatest tone poets....
, whose mother Justyna Krzyzanowska's brother was Wlodzimierz Krzyzanowski's father. Krzyzanowski took part in the uprising against Prussia

Prussia

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and fled from Poland to avoid arrest. He went to Hamburg

Hamburg

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, Germany

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, and sailed from there to New York Harbor

New York Harbor

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Krzyzanowski worked as a civil engineer

Civil engineer

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and surveyor in Virginia

Virginia

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and was instrumental in pushing America's railroads westward.

Civil War service

In Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C.

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, Krzyzanowski enlisted as a private two days after President

President of the United States

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Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln

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called for volunteers in early 1861. He recruited a company of Polish immigrants, which became one of the first companies of Union soldiers. Krzyzanowski then moved his company to New York City

New York City

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and enlisted more immigrants and soon became colonel

Colonel (United States)

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of the 58th New York Infantry regiment, listed in the official Army Register as the "Polish Legion".

Krzyzanowski participated in the battles of Cross Keys

Battle of Cross Keys

The Battle of Cross Keys was fought on June 8, 1862, in Rockingham County, Virginia, as part of Confederate Army Major General Stonewall Jackson campaign through the Shenandoah Valley during the American Civil War....
in the Shenandoah Valley

Shenandoah Valley

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, Second Bull Run

Second Battle of Bull Run

The Second Battle of Bull Run, or, as it was called by the Confederate States of America, the Battle of Second Manassas, was fought August 28–30, 1862, as part of the American Civil War....
, Chancellorsville

Battle of Chancellorsville

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, and Gettysburg in the Eastern Theater

Eastern Theater of the American Civil War

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. At Gettysburg on July 1, 1863, his men were pushed back through the town as the Union XI Corps

XI Corps (ACW)

The XI Corps was a corps of the Union Army during the American Civil War, best remembered for its humiliating defeats at the battles of Battle of Chancellorsville and Battle of Gettysburg in 1863....
retreated. However, Krzyzanowski led a counterattack

Counterattack

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on July 2 on Cemetery Hill that helped stabilize the faltering Union line.

Later in the year, the XI Corps was sent to the Western Theater

Western Theater of the American Civil War

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to help relieve the Confederate

Confederate States Army

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siege of Chattanooga. Krzyzanowski played a role in the Battle of Wauhatchie

Battle of Wauhatchie

The Battle of Wauhatchie, also known as Brown's Ferry, was fought October 28 and October 29, 1863, in Hamilton County, Tennessee and Marion County, Tennessee, Tennessee, and Dade County, Georgia, in the American Civil War....
, where he followed Maj. Gen. Joseph Hooker

Joseph Hooker

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's orders very literally; and he was present at the Third Battle of Chattanooga.

When the XI Corps was dissolved, much of it being added to XX Corps

XX Corps (ACW)

Two corps of the Union Army were called XX Corps during the American Civil War. Though both served in the Union Army of the Cumberland, they were distinct units and should be recognized as such....
, Krzyzanowski was assigned to command at Bridgeport, Alabama

Bridgeport, Alabama

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, to guard the Nashville and Chattanooga Railroad, and later to Stevenson, Alabama

Stevenson, Alabama

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, both commands within the Department of the Cumberland. Krzyzanowski also commanded the 3rd Brigade of the Defenses of the Nashville & Chattanooga Railroad, reporting to Maj. Gen. Robert H. Milroy

Robert H. Milroy

Robert Huston Milroy was a lawyer, judge, and a Union Army general in the American Civil War, most noted for his defeat at the Battle of Winchester II in 1863....
. He led this brigade into action at the Third Battle of Murfreesboro defeating the renowned Nathan Bedford Forrest

Nathan Bedford Forrest

Nathan Bedford Forrest was a Lieutenant General in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. He is remembered both as a self made and innovative cavalry leader during the war and as a figure in the postwar establishment of the first Ku Klux Klan organization opposing the Reconstruction era of the United States in the South....
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President Lincoln promoted him to brevet

Brevet (military)

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brigadier general

Brigadier general (United States)

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on March 2, 1865; previous temporary promotions to general in 1862 and 1863 were rejected by the U.S. Senate.

Postbellum

After the war, Krzyzanowski was given governing duties in Alabama

Alabama

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. He later served as the appointed governor of several Southern states

Southern United States

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(Florida, Georgia, and Virginia.) Supposedly, he also served as the first American administrator of the Alaska Territory

Alaska Territory

The Alaska Territory was an incorporated territory of the United States from 1912 to 1959. The territory became the state of Alaska....
. However, the Anchorage Daily News
Anchorage Daily News

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was unable to find any conclusive information to support or disprove this claim. This posting was a reward for his performance as the personal representative of Secretary Seward during the negotiations for the Purchase of Alaska.

He served in Treasury Department and later in the customs service in Panama

Panama

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and New York.

Krzyzanowski died in New York City

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. On October 13, 1937, the 50th anniversary of his death, his remains were transferred with military honors from Greenwood Cemetery

Green-Wood Cemetery

Green-Wood Cemetery was founded in 1838 as a rural cemetery in Kings County, New York, now in Brooklyn. It was granted National Historic Landmark status in 2006 by the U.S....
in Brooklyn

Brooklyn

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, New York, to Arlington National Cemetery

Arlington National Cemetery

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. President Franklin D. Roosevelt broadcast his tribute to the nation via radio, and Poland's President, Ignacy Moscicki

Ignacy Moscicki

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, transmitted his esteem from Warsaw

Warsaw

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Wlodzimierz Krzyzanowski

Early life

Civil War service

Postbellum

See also