Being a military engineer. he had no chance for a brilliant personal distinction. his business was to make it possible for the commanding general to win victory and prevent defeat. Washington called him a gentleman of science and merit. Kosciusko served with the armies. both in the North and the South through the entire war. and served with distinction. It was said that his deeds naturalized him as an American. and they also associated him with that band of chivalrous foreigners De Kalb. Steuben. Lafayette. and the others who left the Old World to uphold the cause of liberty in the New.
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