The Father of the American Cavalry was an #intersex Polish count.
Casimir Pulaski, born in Warsaw in 1745, died in October 1779 due to injuries sustained in the Siege of #Savannah, one of the bloodiest battles of the #RevolutionaryWar.
He was only 34, but he’d already had an incredible life. Forced to leave Poland after rebelling against King Stanislaw II, he met Benjamin Franklin in Paris, who recruited him to fight with Washington’s forces. (Cont)
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