The Charge of Pulaski, c1880.

The Charge of Pulaski, c1880. Kazimierz Pulaski (1746-1779) was a Polish soldier who served in the Continental Army in the American Revolutionary War. He was appointed 'Commander of Horse' by Congress, and has been described as the father of American cavalry. He was wounded during a charge against the British lines at the Battle of Savannah on 9th October 1779 and died of his wound two days later. A print from Cassell's History of the United States, by Edmund Ollier, Volume II, Cassell Petter and Galpin, London, c1880. (Photo by The Print Collector/Print Collector/Getty Images)