Józef Wasilewski

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Józef Wasilewski of the Drzewica coat of arms (born 1759 in Vitebsk, died 1831 in Warsaw) - Polish military commander, Brigadier General of the Duchy of Warsaw, head of the Military Administration Department of the Ministry of War in 1811.

Educator and then educator of the Kadet Corps in Warsaw. From 1781 in the linear service. In the Polish-Russian war 1792 regiment-quartermaster in the 2nd regiment foot. During the Kościuszko insurrection 1794 major in the General Hospitality. After the uprising he emigrated and from 1797 he served in the Polish Legions in Italy. Aide of Jan Henryk Dąbrowski. From 1799 the head of the battalion, then Officer of the Danube Legion. He participated in a campaign against the Austrians. As an emissary of Polish organizations he went to Poland.

In 1806, the colonel and commander of the infantry regiment. In the J. Dabrowski Division he campaigned against the Prussians. He went on to become the chief of the administration of the Duchy of Warsaw. Then the head of the 5th Division of the War Ministry, the Chief-of-Staff of the Army. General of 1812. During the retreat from Moscow over Berezin, he was captured by the Russians. Interned in Tambov.

Since 1815 he served in the army of the Kingdom of Poland. Commander of the Zamość fortress. From 1820 the commander of the Kadet Corps in Kalisz. As a result of his irritation with the great prince Constantine he resigned. He got it on very bad terms and lived in a deprivation in Warsaw, where he died.

Since 1802 he was a correspondent member of the Warsaw Society of Friends of Science.

He was a member of the Friars Unite in 1820. Bibliography

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