Colonel John Sobieski

Posts in The Copybook credited to ‘Colonel John Sobieski’

John Sobieski (1842-1927) was born in Poland, but exiled to the USA after his father was executed for revolutionary activity in 1846. He enlisted in the US Army, and fought for the Union in the Civil War (he was severely wounded at Gettysburg) and achieved the rank of Colonel. A Republican, he served in the Minnesota House of Representatives, where he introduced a bill for Women’s Suffrage. In 1879 he married Lydia Gertrude Lemen, a prominent campaigner against slavery and alcohol abuse, and the couple dedicated their joint efforts to the temperance and prohibition movements. Sobieski traced his ancestry back to King John III Sobieski of Poland (r. 1674-1696).

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The Battle of Vienna by Colonel John Sobieski

With Christian Europe tearing itself apart over the Protestant Reformation, the Ottoman Turks saw an opportunity for Europe-wide domination.

The Battle of Vienna took place on September 12th, 1683 (when Charles II was on the English throne). American soldier and politician John Sobieski describes here how his namesake John Sobieski, Grand Marshal and later King of Poland, saved northern Europe from conquest by the Ottoman Turks, an event that undoubtedly changed the course of world history.

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