Tadeusz Kosciuszko: Engineer of the Revolution
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- Tadeusz Kosciusko was a Polish nobleman; an architect, engineer and idealist who’s genius for fortification was a major asset to the Continentals during the Revolutionary War. www.battlefields.org/untold
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*This Polish dude is definitely underrated; he had many adventures in European conflicts afterwards similar to de Lafayette*
Polish, Lithuanian, Ruthenian (Belarusian). Yes, he was ahead of his time. In Poland, hardly anyone knows anything specific about him. He was the only American officer to have a black adjutant. He wanted to free as many slaves as possible and provide them with education. This was too much for Jefferson. In Poland and Lithuania he wanted to give more rights to peasants. Kosciuszko did not fit into the second half of the 18th century. Maybe it was a man from the future who used a time machine ;)
@@PiotrJaser He was not also Lithuanian and also Belarusian, he was only Polish! He spoke Polish, he fought for Polish freedom in various struggles and a famous uprising- not Lithuanian or Belarusian freedom but for Polish one, and he totally identified with Poland and Polish culture. The confusion is because Poland was for centuries a very diverse state, and in the union with Lithuania, so our territories became one at some point, and the Poles, Lithuanians, Belarusians, Ukrainians, Jews, Russians, and Germans mixed all together there for centuries! But the fact is that Belarus didn't even exist back then when Kosciusko was born and lived, Belarusians were called 'tutejsi' or 'tubylcy' in Polish, so simply 'locals' and they were a mix of Poles, Lithuanians, and Russians who lived in Poland for centuries, and they didn't have any national identity until much later. Belarus didn't exist until the short-lived soviet satellite just before WWII and later after WWII for good. Belarusians were a minority living in Poland just as Jews and Ukrainians were (Ukraine also didn't exist until the short-lived soviet republic before WWII, and after WWII for good). Anyway, the bottom line: Kosciuszko was Polish, and even the 'Kosciuszko' surname is a typical, ethnic Polish surname: the -ski, -ska, -ko, -ka endings are typical for the Polish language.
@@teresakaminska5716 o Boże. Nie chcę Ciebie obrażać, ale to jest tak anty-naukowe, że chyba bardziej być nie może.
Amazing guy and amazing story, never heard about it before. Poles are amazing people and they are literally everywhere! In every important battle in the history of the modern world, always fighting for democracy and freedom. Like today they help Ukraine so much. please more stories about Kosciuszko!
Visited his tomb in Krakow a couple years ago, was interesting after seeing his statue in my hometown (Scranton) all my life
A true hero and patriot. While the Catholic Church sold over Poland to its enemies, he fought against all odds. A true champion of freedom, he despised slavery while many American founding fathers owned slaves. May the Eternal God bless his soul!
Amen
I’ve never heard of him but thank goodness he came over bc if he hadn’t had these ideas we might be a completely different country
He was also Nathaneal Greene's engineer during the final, all-important "race for the Dan," getting Greene's Soldiers across all obstacles one step ahead of Charles Cornwallis and laying the groundwork (see what I did there) for the siege and surrender of Cornwallis at Yorktown.
Exactly! BTW, during the unsuccessful siege of Ninety Six in South Carolina, he received a bayonet wound, showing that the service of a military engineer wasn't so removed from the actual combat, as one might imagine.
Every Australian child knows his name - Mt Kosciuszko is what we call our highest mountain.
What did he do in Australia ??
I used to drive over a bridge near Albany NY crossing the Hudson named after him, that was how I discovered who he was some years back.
Who would’ve thought a polish guy came over to join the revolution but we are sure glad he did. I saw his name and thought who is this guy had such an impact on helping us
Plenty of Polish guys. Casimir Pulaski is considered the father of the American cavalry. Died in the Seige of Savannah in 1779.
@@Baseballnfj I’ve lived in Pulaski county before idk if that’s where the name is from but it would be cool if that was true
@H.E. Pennypacker wealthy industrialist its definitely where the name came from lol
After helping win our Revolutionary War, he went back to Poland and helped make Poland the 1st Democracy in Europe. Tom Jefferson, who was Thaddeus best friend, sent him a congratulations letter after that feat. Short lived because the Russian Czar crushed it within 5 years. He has the 2nd most named builds, bridges, and memorials named after him. George Washington is 1st. The smallest national park in America is his apartment in Philadelphia.
It's good to see Kościuszko getting some attention. A different comment already brought up that he also served under Nathanael Greene in the South. I would also like to add that after coming back home Kościuszko fought in the Polish-Russian War of 1792, aka "the War in Defense of the Constitution", unfortunately lost. In 1794, he led a national Uprising, the first one in a series of Polish uprising against the partitioning powers, and the only one named after its leader. Although eventually crushed, it deserves more attention as the last stand of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth; a once great polity that played a major role in Central and Eastern Europe for centuries, and also showed signs of recovering from its long period of decline, before being brutally dismembered. On top of that, the Kościuszko Uprising also played a role in the war of revolutionary France against the First Coalition.
Kościuszko was also very progressive for his times. Among other things, he was opposed to slavery in America and serfdom in his homeland (which really should not be equated but can be compared).
Finally, although speaking Polish as his first language, he was born in the Lithuanian part of the Commonwealth, in what is now Belarus. Today, he is viewed as their hero not only by Poles but also by many Lithuanias and Belarusians, especially those Belarusians who are against their current authoritarian regime and subservience to Russia. I'd say Tadeusz Kościuszko is very relevant today.
Great video! Pozdrowienia z Polski ;)
PiS go nienawidzi.
There's a bridge on the Brooklyn Queens Expressway named after him.
Many say Kosciuszko is a surname too difficult to pronounce, but trust me, it could have been worse. We could have sent Grzegorz Brzęczyszczykiewicz instead.
There’s a New York State thruway bridge (near Saratoga) named in his honor.
Didn’t he also offer to buy Thomas Jefferson’s slaves to free them and help Jefferson out financially but Thomas refused ?
as far as I know Jefferson and Kosciuszko were in close relations.
Kosciuszko in his testimony asked Jefferson to free as many slaves as possible from his money remaining after death.
Jefferson promised to do, but never done ....... shame on him.
The guy was ahead of his time, a true lover of freedom.
While shortform videos are helpful, I wish you'd add some more material than just about 5 minutes every time
Great content! I enjoyed this man’s contributions to the war!
Thanks for this post.
I had no idea.
We need to talk and learn more about Kosciuszko in the US, and all over the world, he was an exceptional, unique human being and way, way ahead of his time! Not only he is one of the heroes of the American Revolution, and a Polish hero who fought for Poland's freedom after Poland was divided between Russia, Germany (Prussia), and Austria and wiped off the map for 123 years, but he actually co-founded West Point - the American military power, he is the patron of the West Point, and he wanted to free all slaves, and the 'American Founding Fathers' actually opposed him!!
For example, Jefferson opposed Kosciuszko and his plan to free all slaves, a plan that was created much earlier than any other American leader thought of truly freeing the slaves!!
Kosciuszko should actually be a hero for American liberals and republicans alike, because he truly was all about liberal, and American values and about true freedom for everyone, including all blacks! But in the US we rarely talk about this fact! I wonder why... maybe because this Polish young warrior makes American big, famous Founding Father figures look really small and not that great in comparison!
This is why it was such a shame and disgrace when a few years ago, the black college kids with the BLM movement destroyed and vandalized the Kosciuszko monument, when he actually, truly was the one who always supported 'the cause', their cause, he was all for total freedom for blacks and against the slavery since day 1, when no one else out of all the white American leaders was!
American kids and adults need to go back to school and educate themselves more about Kosciuszko! The lack of knowledge about Kosciuszko or Pulaski, among the American public really is an awful look for the American education system in general.
The history of Poland is really super interesting, I might be biased because Im Polish xD but what I wanted to point out is that its really easy to jump into conclusions nowadays if you are getting news from mainstream media. For instance there are many comments on the internet that Polish people are racist just to the fact that we did not took illigal immigrants who were trafficked by Lukaszenko to our border (so called hybrid war) but we took Ukrainians. Now I know history of my country pretty well and its like you have evidence from few houndreds of years that my people mostly always fought for freedom, against the opressor and helped the opressed people. I mean we helped Haitians who were black against French with whom we were allies at the time just because they wanted to enslave Haitians.
His statue is in downtown Detroit
Wow I'm so proud. Being a first gen.
Terbaik sahabat.
In the opinion of General Ignacy Prądzyński, one of the most outstanding Polish soldiers, Chief Kościuszko did not meet the basic criteria of military craftsmanship to take command of the armed forces, and the Battle of Maciejowice and the defeat of the insurgent forces confirmed this. The battle begins at dawn. The enemy's advantage is significant. Kościuszko decided that he would not be able to get through the swampy area in the floodplains of the Okrzejka River, against which he based one flank of his army. It was a criminal idea. We don't know what the Okrzejki swamps looked like in October 1794, but they were probably not much different from what we see today. Any reasonably fit and determined person can complete it. It's not a big area. After two hours of fighting at a distance, Kościuszko was surprised by a flanking maneuver and his army was wiped out. In fact, he should be court-martialed. Well, there was no one to do it.
Quote Wiki, edited by myself, I mean cut off some links and so on.
Mount Kościuszko is mainland Australia's tallest mountain, at 2,228 metres (7,310 ft) above sea level. It is located on the Main Range of the Snowy Mountains in Kosciuszko National Park, part of the Australian Alps National Parks and Reserves, in New South Wales, Australia, and is located west of Crackenback and close to Jindabyne, near the border with Victoria....
Wanted to free blacks in his will but supposed "Liberal hero" jefferson opposed him
What color is the first slave owner ??
Just an FYI, the name is pronounced "Kozzy Osco."
I'm an Australian and that's definitely how we pronounce it. FYI it's the name of our highest mountain, named in his honour by the Polish explorer Strzelecki who was the first white fella to climb it. Having said all that, it's actually pronounced Kos-chyoosh-koh
@@anthonysharwood1962 that's probably where I got that ... lived in Sydney for eight years. Figured the Ozzies knew what they were talking about :-)
@@jonmcclenahan8379 Ha! Reporting back from a rainy night in Sydney here now. Yeah, our mangled Aussie pronunciation has basically become an Aussie word which many people love, and a major battle looms in coming years as local Indigenous folk argue for their name to take its place, or at least for dual naming. Problem is, different clans had different names for the mountain so it's hard to see a resolution. Personally I am very attached to the name Kosciuszko, and I greatly respect the man himself having read two books on him, but can see both sides of this argument
That is DEFINITELY how NOT to pronounce it.
Thats is not the way you pronounce it💀
"kos" movie!
US Military Academy at West Point.