Józef Sowiński
Polish general
Józef Sowiński (1777–1831) was a Polish artillery general and a hero of Poland's November 1830 Uprising.
Life
Józef Longin Sowiński was born on 15 March 1777 in Warsaw. After graduating from the Corps of Cadets in Warsaw, he joined the Polish Army as a lieutenant during the 1794 Kościuszko Uprising. After its suppression and the dismemberment of Poland by Russia, Prussia, and Austria, Sowiński's regiment was drafted into the Prussian army. In 1807, he fought at the Battle of Eylau and received the highest Prussian military decoration, the Pour le Mérite.
In 1811, after Napoleon Bonaparte proclaimed the Duchy of Warsaw, Sowiński returned to Polish service. He fought in various battles of the Napoleonic Wars. During Napoleon's 1812 invasion of Russia he lost a leg at the Battle of Borodino, near the village of Mozhaysk. He was awarded the Polish Virtuti Militari and the French Legion of Honor. After the Congress of Vienna, he returned to Poland and served as commander of the Warsaw Arsenal of the Army of the Kingdom of Poland.
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