See also:

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

COUNT CASIMIR See also:

• COUNT CASIMIR PULASKI (1748-1779)

PULASKI (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 See also:

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

Count See also:

• JOSEPH
• JOSEPH, COMTE DE (1785-1870)
• JOSEPH, FATHER (FRANCOIS LECLERC DU TREMBLAY) (1577-1638)

Joseph See also:

• PULASKI, CASIMIR, COUNT (1748-1779)

Pulaski, in the formation of the See also:

• CON

con-federation of See also:

• BAR
• BAR (0. Fr. barre, Late Lat. barra, origin unknown)
• BAR, CONFEDERATION OF
• BAR, FRANCOIS DE (1538-1606)
• BAR, THE

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
• ARMY (from Fr. armee, Lat. armata)

army of See also:

• WASHINGTON
• WASHINGTON (or WASHINGTON COURT HOUSE)
• WASHINGTON, BOOKER TALIAFERRO (c. 1859– )
• WASHINGTON, BUSHROD (1762-1829)
• WASHINGTON, GEORGE (1732-1799)

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
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

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, JOHN STRANGE
• WINTER, PETER (c. 1755-1825)

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 (in 0. Eng. heafad; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch hoofd, Ger. Haupt, generally taken to be in origin connected with Lat. caput, Gr. KerbOvi7)
• HEAD, SIR EDMUND WALKER, BART
• HEAD, SIR FRANCIS BOND, BART

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
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

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
• STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
• STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
• STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
• STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
• STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
• STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
• STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
• STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)

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