Milisav Čamdžija

Milisav Čamdžija
Tombstones of Ivanko (front) and Milisav (background)
NicknameČamdžija ("the Boatman")
Born1770s
Borak, Ottoman Empire]
(now Serbia)
Died1815
Near Palež, Revolutionary Serbia
(now Serbia)
Cause of deathMortally wounded
Buried
Family orchard in Borak
AllegianceRevolutionary Serbia
Service years1804–1815
Rankkapetan (captain)
UnitBelgrade unit
CommandsBelgrade blockade line
Known forHeroism, liberation of Belgrade
ConflictsFirst Serbian Uprising

Milisav Ivanović (Serbian: Милисав Ивановић; 1770s–1815), known as Čamdžija (Милисав Чамџија, "the Boatman"), was a Serb revolutionary that participated in the First Serbian Uprising, fighting in the Belgrade najiha army under knez Sima Marković. He was known as a hero that sang in battle, receiving ten wounds and a hole in the jaw. He fell at the beginning of the Second Serbian Uprising. His birth village was given the prefix veliki ("great") due to the legacy of Sima Marković and his. The tombstones of Čamdžija and his brother are designated a cultural heritage monument.