BG Wladimir Krzyzanowski Memoriał Plaque - American Civil War
Details:
On the outside of the church near the entrance. Plaque
A polished black marble inscribed plaque.
The plaque remembers Brigadier General Wladimir Bonawentura Krzyzanowski, a Polish-American soldier who was born in this village in 1824. BG Krzyzanowski commanded the "Polish Legion", the 58th New York Volunteer Regiment during the American Civil War. He was involved in many battles to include the Battle of Gettysburg. After the war he served in numerous government position and was involved in the purchase of Alaska. He died in New York in 1887 and was buried with honors in Arlington National Cemetery on the 50th Anniversary of his death.
Monument Text:
The text on the plaque are inscribed in Polish and reads:
Wlodzimierz Bonaventura Krzyzanowskr
ur: 08 lipca 1824r.
w.Roznowie general Wajsk Unii w Wojnie Secesyjnej
dowódca 58. NYSV
negocjator kupna Alaski w 1867t.
patriota i dzialacz Polonii amerykanskiej
zm. 31.01.1887г, w Nowym Jorku
CZESC JEGO PAMIECI
MMXVI
The English translation is:
Wladimir Bonawentura Krzyzanowski
born: 08 July 1824 in Roznowo
general of the Union Army in the Civil War
commander of the 58th New York State Volunteers
negotiator in the purchase of Alaska in 1867.
Patriot and activist of the American Polish community
died 31.01.1887 in New York
PARTY OF HIS MEMORY
MMXVI
Commemorates:
People:
Wladimir Bonawentura Krzyzanowski
Units:
58th New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment
United States Army
Wars:
American Civil War
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