Considered a patriot in his homeland as well as in the United States, before his death in 1817, he ordered that his Ohio property be sold to provide education for black Americans.
Considered a patriot in his homeland as well as in the United States, before his death in 1817, he ordered that his Ohio property be sold to provide education for black Americans. Forty years earlier, he had served with colonial forces in the American Revolution and fought under General Horatio Gates; his selection of a defensive position contributed significantly to the decisive American victory at the Battle of Saratoga. FTP, identify this military hero, who would go on to lead the valiant but unsuccessful resistance to the Second and Third Partitions of his native Poland, whose name was given to the highest peak in Australia.
Considered a patriot in his homeland as well as in the United States, before his death in 1817, he ordered that his Ohio property be sold to provide education for black Americans.
Thaddeus Kosciusko