In 1800. in Paris. he wrote Manneuvers of Horse Artillery for the United States Army. The War of 1812 was fought by artillery in accordance with these manceuvers. and General Kosciusko. for that reason. is regarded as "The Father of the American Artillery." Kosciusko died at Soleure. Switzerland. October 15. 1817. Gen. William Harrison. the ninth President of the United States. upon learning of this great soldiers death. exclaimed in Congress. "Kosciusko. the martyr of liberty. is no more! " The issuance of the special series of stamps. commemorative of the one hundred and fiftieth anniversary of his naturalization. would be only a small tribute to pay the great Brig. Gen. Thaddeus Kosciusko.
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