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Albin Francisco Schoepf
Albin Francisco Schoepf (; March 1, 1822  – May 10, 1886) was a European-born military officer who became a Union brigadier general during the American Civil War, best known as the commanding officer of Fort Delaware, a wartime camp for Confederate prisoners of war.
Early life.
Schoepf was born in Podgórze, Poland, which was then part of the Austrian kingdom of Galicia. He entered the Vienna Military Academy in 1837, became a lieutenant of artillery in 1841, and served
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See also.
- Krakus Mound
- Kraków Ghetto was located in the central part of Podgórze
- Operation Reinhard