Democratic Sentinel, Volume 19, Number 14, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 April 1895 — Who Was Kosciusko? [ARTICLE]

Who Was Kosciusko?

Thaddeus Kosciusko was a Polish gentleman, born in 1746, and educated at Warsaw, Versailles and Paris. He became a captain of artillery In Poland, but in 1777, on account of a love affair, he went to Paris, and then joined the French force fighting in this country. He became a Brigadier General in our army, and returned to Poland in 1786. In 1789 he was made Major General, and distinguished himself in the war against Russia. In 1794 he headed a revolution against Russia, and became Dictator of Poland, and but for. the interposition of Prussia,' would have freed his country. He was captured by the Russians, and remained a prisoner at St. Petersburg until 1796. Then he went to England and America, but settled in France in 1798. where he lived until 1815, when he moved to Switzerland. He was thrown from his horse, and died October 17, 1817.