Dionizy Feliks Czachowski (born April 6, 1810 in Niedabyl

Niedabyl

Niedabyl is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Stromiec, within Białobrzegi County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland. It lies approximately north-west of Stromiec, east of Białobrzegi, and south of Warsaw....

, died November 6, 1863 in Jawor Solecki) was a Polish general and commander of the Sandomierz Voivodeship

Sandomierz Voivodeship

Sandomierz Voivodeship was a unit of administration and local government in Poland from the 14th century to the partitions of Poland in 1772–1795. It was part of the Little Poland region. Originally Sandomierz Voivodeship also covered the area around Lublin, but in 1474 its three eastern counties...

 during the January Uprising

January Uprising

The January Uprising was an uprising in the former Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth against the Russian Empire...

 in Congress Poland

Congress Poland

The Kingdom of Poland , informally known as Congress Poland , created in 1815 by the Congress of Vienna, was a personal union of the Russian parcel of Poland with the Russian Empire...

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Dionizy, through his mother, was a cousin of the Polish composer Frederic Chopin

Frédéric Chopin

Frédéric François Chopin was a Polish composer and virtuoso pianist. He is considered one of the great masters of Romantic music and has been called "the poet of the piano"....

; the two shared a grandfather, Jakub Krzyżanowski.

He played a role in the preparations for the uprising by, among other endeavors, using his personal fortune to purchase a large number of horses from the Russian army

Imperial Russian Army

The Imperial Russian Army was the land armed force of the Russian Empire, active from around 1721 to the Russian Revolution of 1917. In the early 1850s, the Russian army consisted of around 938,731 regular soldiers and 245,850 irregulars . Until the time of military reform of Dmitry Milyutin in...

 in 1862. In 1863 he joined the uprising and reported himself at a insurrectionists' concentration point at Łysa Góra. He originally was given the rank of colonel.

Under General Marian Langiewicz

Marian Langiewicz

Marian Langiewicz, full name Marian Antoni Melchior Langiewicz , was a Polish patriot notable as a military leader of the January Uprising in 1863.-Biography:He was born in the province of Posen, his father being the local doctor...

 Czachowski fought in various battles and skirmishes, including at the battles of Staszów

Battle of Staszów

The Battle of Staszów was part of the Polish January Uprising of 1863. When the uprising erupted Staszów became a gathering place for Russian infantry and artillery in the area, on the belief that Commander Marian Langiewicz was headquartered in the town....

, Małogoszcz and Grochowiska

Battle of Grochowiska

The Battle of Grochowiska took place on March 18, 1863 at the village of Grochowiska near Pińczów, Poland during the Polish January Uprising against the Russian Empire. It involved a 3000 strong unit of Polish insurgents under the command of Marian Langiewicz which had been cornered by Russian...

. After the latter battle, following Langiewicz's orders he crossed over into the Sandomierz Voivodeship, where on Apirl 14, 1863, he was named the overall commander of the region and given an independent command.
He was promoted to the rank of general in October 1863. In November of that year his unit, stationed in the forest near Zwoleń

Zwolen

Zwoleń is a town in Poland, in Mazowsze Voivodeship, about 30 km east of Radom. It is the capital of Zwoleń County. Population is 8048 .- People :* Stanisław Chomętowski* Jan Karol Tarło* Stanisław Tarło...

, was tracked down by Russian forces. While trying to retreat Czachowski was cornered near the village of Jawor Solecki and there he perished.