Kazimer Pułaski
March 4, 1745 – October 11, 1779
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Between September 10, 1770, and January 9, 1771, Kazimer Pułaski commanded the Polish forces in the siege of Jasna Góra monastery in Poland, which he successfully defended.
In November 1771, he was the main organizer of an attempt to take the king of Poland hostage. However, the attempt failed, and the Confederation was disbanded soon afterwards.
Pułaski was made a public enemy and sentenced to death in absentia for attempted regicide. He fled the country, but no European state would accept him.
After a brief stay in Turkey, he moved illegally to France, where he was recruited by Gilbert du Motier, marquis de La Fayette for service in America
Benjamin Franklin recommended that General George Washington accept Kazimierz Pułaski as a volunteer in the American cavalry and said that Pulaski
"was renowned throughout Europe for the courage and bravery he displayed in defense of his country's freedom."
After arriving in America, Casimir Pulaski wrote to General Washington,
"I came here, where freedom is being defended, to serve it, and to live or die for it."
Tadeusz Kościuszko
February 4, 1746 – October 15, 1817
In 1794 Tadeusz Kościuszko led the Kościuszko Uprising against Imperial Russia and Kingdom of Prussia as Supreme Commander of the National Armed Force in Europe.
Prior to commanding the 1794 Uprising, he had fought in the American Revolutionary War as a colonel in the Continental Army.
In 1783, in recognition of his dedicated service, he had been brevetted by the Continental Congress to the rank of brigadier general and had become a naturalized citizen of the United States.