Tadeusz Kosciuszko was a Polish soldier. He was born in 1746 and died in 1817. He went to America from Poland in 1775. He was commissioned a colonel under General Gates in 1776, and distinguished-himself by his engineering skill. He superintended the fortification at West Point. He was brevetted brigadier-general in 1783. He was afterward prominent in the defence of Poland in 1794. Research Tadeusz Kosciuszko
 
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