Konstanty Paweł Malczewski h. Tarnawa

Constantin Paul Malczewski, a Polish nobility and artillery officer in the Napoleon's army, and a brother of famous Polish poet, Anthony Maczewski.

Constantin fought at Waterloo under the Lallemand. In 1818 he traveled to America with 400 other Napoloeon fighters and settled first in Alabama, then in Texas. Along with General Lallemand and four other officers he planned and build the forts which protected Champ-d'Asile.

Constantin later lived in Louisiana. He emigrated to Mexico where he became a General of the Mexican army. He lived there in 1834-1837. He took part in Mexican-American war 1846-48.

Source: The Poles in the Early History of Texas - Mieczyslaw Haiman, 1936, Chicago, Illinois.

https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/champ-dasile

Constantin Paul Malczewski, a Polish artill'ery officer in Napoleon's army and brother of the famous Polish poet, Anthony Malczewski 3. After spending many fears in the Emperor's service, with the hope of rega1n1ng Poland's freedon1, he remained faithful to his chief to the end. Soon after Waterloo where he fought under the Lallemands, he appeared in America together with his commanders and many other comrades-in-arms. Originaily he was a member of the "Vine and Olive Colony" in Alabama, where he was allotted one hundred sixty acres of land 4. IIowever, when the Generals Lallemand organized their expedition to Texas he abandoned this settlen1ent and joined them. He "\:Vas one of the four officers of artillery who planned and directed the building of the farts which protected Champ-d' Asile 5. These forts raised by the cooperation of all the colonists, privates as well as officers, were "of amazing solidity", built accor:ding to the principles of the best authorities on military engineering 6. The_ settlers of Chan1p-d' Asile were organized on a strictly military basis and were divided into three "cohorts". Malczewski belonged to the third "cohort".

Many of the latter afterwards returned to France. Malczewski evidently belonged to the group which choose Louisiana as their temporary abode. He later emigrated to Mexico where he became a General of the Mexican army. He lived there still in 1834-1837 (Paul Soboleski, Poets and Poetry of Poland, Chfoago 1881, p. 458).

Konstanty Paweł Malczewski herbu Tarnawa (Constantino Pablo Tarnava de Malquesci) - polski wojskowy, generał armii meksykański, walczył w wojnie amerykańsko-meksykańskiej w latach 1846-1848. Wikipedia PL