Joseph Kargé, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Joseph Kargé

Polish-American military officer

Date of Birth: 04-Jul-1823

Place of Birth: Poznań, Greater Poland Voivodeship, Poland

Date of Death: 27-Dec-1892

Profession: military officer

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Joseph Kargé (July 4, 1823 in Poznan, Grand Duchy of Posen, Kingdom of Prussia – December 27, 1892 in New York City) was a military officer and educator.
He was involved in the unsuccessful 1848 revolutions in Poland and was sentenced to death.
He fled to France, then England, and arrived in New York City in 1851 as a political refugee.
He taught classes in classical literature and foreign languages until the Civil War.
He was commissioned the military as lieutenant colonel in the 1st New Jersey Volunteer Cavalry.
He was wounded at the Second Battle of Bull Run in 1862, did not heal fully, and was rendered inactive for most of the War.
A later Congressional Record from 1894 noted he suffered a gunshot wound that effectively ended his career in the military.