Título: Tadeusz Kościuszko
Seção: Southern region
Background: Kosciuszko was born in February 1746 in a manor house on the estate called "Mereczowszczyzna" near Kosow, (now Kosava, Belarus) in Nowogrodek Voivodeship, Grand Duchy of Lithuania, a part of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. His exact birthdate is unknown; commonly cited are February 4 and February 12. Kosciuszko was the youngest son of a member of the szlachta (nobility), Ludwik Tadeusz Kosciuszko, an officer in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth Army, and his wife Tekla, nee Ratomska. The Kosciuszkos held the Polish Roch III coat of arms.

Conteúdo: After traveling south through rural Virginia in October 1780, Kosciuszko proceeded to North Carolina to report to his former commander General Gates. However, following Gates's disastrous defeat at Camden on August 16, 1780, the Continental Congress had selected Washington's choice, Major General Nathanael Greene, to replace the disgraced Gates as commander of the Southern Department. When Greene formally assumed command on December 3, 1780, he retained Kosciuszko as his chief engineer. By then, he had been praised by both Gates and Greene.  Over the course of this campaign, Kosciuszko was placed in command of building bateaux, siting the location for camps, scouting river crossings, fortifying positions, and developing intelligence contacts. Many of his contributions were instrumental in preventing the destruction of the Southern Army. This was especially so during the famous "Race to the Dan", when British General Charles Cornwallis chased Greene across 200 miles (320 km) of rough back country in January and February 1781. Thanks largely to a combination of Greene's tactics, and Kosciuszko's bateaux, and accurate scouting of the rivers ahead of the main body, the Continentals safely crossed each river, including the Yadkin and the Dan. Cornwallis, having no boats, and finding no way to cross the swollen Dan, finally gave up the chase and withdrew back into North Carolina. The Continentals regrouped south of Halifax, Virginia, where Kosciuszko had earlier, at Greene's reques

user: Where in the southern region did he travel?

assistant: After traveling south through rural Virginia in October 1780, Kosciuszko proceeded to North Carolina to report to his former commander General Gates.

user: In what year did he travel?

assistant: When Greene formally assumed command on December 3, 1780, he retained Kosciuszko as his chief engineer.

user: Why did he travel through the southern region?

assistant: Over the course of this campaign, Kosciuszko was placed in command of building bateaux, siting the location for camps, scouting river crossings, fortifying positions, and developing intelligence contacts.

user: Was anyone after him?

assistant: In what has been described as the Continental Army's final armed action of the war, he was very nearly killed as his small force was routed.

user: Why was he almost killed?

assistant: he was very nearly killed as his small force was routed.

user: Was there any other interesting information about the southern region?

assistant: Kosciuszko spent the rest of the war there, conducting a fireworks display on April 23, 1783, to celebrate the signing of the Treaty of Paris earlier that month.

user: What was his job description while in the southern region?

assistant: Kosciuszko as his chief engineer.