Ioannis Evaggelopoulos

Kapetan (Chieftain)

Ioannis Evaggelopoulos
Native name
Ιωάννης Ευαγγελόπουλος
Bornc. 1880s
Mikropoli, Adrianople Vilayet, Ottoman Empire (now Greece)
AllegianceGreece Kingdom of Greece
Service / branch HMC
Battles / warsMacedonian Struggle

Ioannis Evaggelopoulos (Greek: Ιωάννης Ευαγγελόπουλος) was a Greek chieftain of the Macedonian Struggle from Mikropoli, Drama.

Biography

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Ioannis Evaggelopoulos was born in the end of the 19th century in Mikropoli. He cooperated with various Greek armed bands as a rifleman in the areas of Drama, Elassona, Pieria and Giannitsa, during the Macedonian Struggle. He was then put in charge of a guerilla force which fought against the Ottomans and Bulgarians in Olympus and in the area of Giannitsa.[1][2]

References

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  1. ^ Αρχείο Διεύθυνσης Εφέδρων Πολεμιστών Αγωνιστών Θυμάτων Αναπήρων (ΔΕΠΑΘΑ), Αρχείο Μακεδονικού Αγώνα, φ. Ε-22 (Hellenic Army Files)
  2. ^ Ioannis S. Koliopoulos (scientific editing), Obscure, native Macedonian fighters, Society for Macedonian Studies, University Studio Press, Thessaloniki, 2008, p. 26