Thaddeus Kosciusko, tied to a litter, refusing sword offered by Catherine II following unsuccessful rebellion that led to partition of Poland. Andrzej Tadeusz Ko?ciuszko 1746 – 1817) was a Polish-Lithuanian military leader during the Ko?ciuszko Uprising. He is a national hero in Poland. Before commanding the 1794 Uprising, he had fought in the American Revolutionary War as a colonel in the Continental Army.

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Thaddeus Kosciusko, tied to a litter, refusing sword offered by Catherine II following unsuccessful rebellion that led to partition of Poland. Andrzej Tadeusz Ko?ciuszko 1746 – 1817) was a Polish-Lithuanian military leader during the Ko?ciuszko Uprising. He is a national hero in Poland. Before commanding the 1794 Uprising, he had fought in the American Revolutionary War as a colonel in the Continental Army.

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