Books by Kajenclki

Thaddeus Kosciuszko: Military Engineer of the American Revolution
by Francis Casimir Kajencki

... This military biography of Tadeusz Kosciuszko concentrates on his remarkable engineering achievements in the American Revolution during the years 1776-1783. at Fort Ticonderoga, Kosciuszko sought to fortify the nearby and dominating height of Mount Defiance, but General Philip Schuyler failed to heed his advice and lost the bastion to the British. At Saratoga, Kosciuszko's strong position on Bemis Heights blocked the British march on Albany. Thus he destroyed their Grand Strategy for the conquest of the colonies.
At West Point, Kosciuszko carried out General George Washington's strategy of controlling the Hudson River. The brilliant engineer built a fortress the British dared not attack In the South, Kosciuszko gave General Nathaniel Greene's army an amphibious capability to cross rivers and march rapidly around the British and gain victory.
Returning to Poland, Kosciuszko defended his country against rapacious neighbors. He returned to his adopted country in 1797, but Vice President Thomas Jefferson sent him on a secret diplomatic mission to France, where Kosciuszko persuaded the French government to change its war threatening behavior toward America.
Published by: Southwest Polonia Press, 1998 (El Paso) - 334 pages, illustrations (hard cover)

The Pulaski Legion in the American Revolution
by Francis Casimir Kajencki

... The Author expands on his earlier work Casimir Pulaski: Cavalry Commander of the American Revolution. In this sequel he focuses more on the valor and fighting ability of the officers. He continues their distinguished service in the Revolutionary War into the post-war period. Therefore, the author documents, perhaps for the first time, an account of the lives of Pulaski's officers who faced danger and fought courageously in the Revolutionary War.
The officers of the Pulaski Legion were mostly French, with a few Americans and Poles, one Hungarian, one Saxon, one Italian, one Canadian, one French Irishman, and one Swede. These officers knew of Pulaski's reputation for boldness and bravery. When petitioning Congress for appointment in the Continental Army, they asked to be assigned to the Pulaski Legion. The soldiers of the Legion were preponderantly Americans, as the muster rolls of the Legion in this book show. Perhaps the most significant action of the Pulaski Legion was its death-defying challenge to the impetuous march of the British Army to seize Charleston, South Carolina, in 1779. Although Pulaski's battle plan miscarried and the Legion got mauled, Pulaski gained the strategic objective of denying Charleston to the enemy. Impressed by Pulaski's performance, the British called the Legion "the best Cavalry the rebels ever had." General Casimir Pulaski and the Pulaski Legion earned a proud chapter of service and sacrifice in the history of the American Revolution.
Published by: Southwest Polonia Press, 2004 (El Paso) - 400+ pages, illustrations (hard cover), bibliography, notes
About the Author: Francis Casimir Kajencki was born in Erie, Pennsylvania, in 1918. He entered the United States Military Academy, at West Point, New York, in 1939. In 1973, after 30 years of commissioned service, he retired as assistant chief of information, Department of the Army. Colonel Kajencki began researching military history, and wrote several books on American history. This is his latest book. He resides in El Paso, Texas.