Casimir Pulaski

Pulaski, Casimir (c.1748–79), Polish soldier, hero of the anti-Russian revolt of 1768 who, exiled from Poland, fought in the American Revolutionary War. He fought at the battles of Brandywine and Germantown. In 1778 he formed his own cavalry unit, the Pulaski Legion. He was mortally wounded at the siege of Savannah.

See also: Poland; Revolutionary War in America.