Ignacy Marceli Kruszewski ( Lusławice, 6 January 1799 - 25 December 1879, Gogołów, near

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) was a Polish military leader.

Life

Kruszewski participated as a colonel in the November 1830 Uprising as aide-de-camp to General Józef Grzegorz Chłopicki and General

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. After the uprising, he lived in exile and became a general in the

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. In 1848 he was expected to lead the Polish insurgent army in

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. From 1852 he lived in Galicia. During the January 1863 Uprising, he headed the

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department in

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Works

* ''Pamiętniki'' (Memoirs, 1890) 1799 births 1879 deaths Polish generals Belgian generals Generals of the January Uprising Polish generals in other armies {{Poland-mil-bio-stub