Tadeusz Kościuszko
Andrzej Tadeusz Bonawentura Kościuszko ([ta'deuʃ koɕ'ʨuʃko] ; 4 February 1746 – 15 October 1817) was a Polish national hero, general and a leader of the Kościuszko Uprising (which bears his name) against the Russian Empire. Tadeusz was born in February 1746 in Mereczowszczyzna, Polesie. (courrently located in Belarus) He fought in the American Revolutionary War as a colonel in the Continental Army on the side of Washington. Because of his service he was promoted to the rank of Brigadier General in 1783, and became a legitimate citizen of the United States that same year. He died in Solothurn, Switzerland on October 15, 1817 due to a stroke.
This short article about a person from the United States can be made longer. You can help Wikipedia by adding to it.Tadeusz Kościuszko Media
Herb Roch III
Close pronunciation of Thaddeus Kościuszko's name
Kościuszko, aged 15, in 1761
Mereczowszczyzna manor (1848)
Warsaw's Kazimierz Palace, where Kościuszko attended the Corps of Cadets
Fort Clinton (West Point), fortified by Kościuszko, honored by a statue in background
Portrait by Wojniakowski
Kościuszko wearing the Virtuti Militari and, below it, the Eagle of the Cincinnati
Kościuszko and his peasant scythemen, from Matejko's Battle of Racławice
.jpg)
