How About a Kosciuszko Day-- Part 4: Captured By Russians, Returned to U.S.

After the war, Kosciuszko returned to Poland and fought for his own country.  He also advocated for full citizenship of peasants and Jews.  Eventually wounded in battle, he was captured by the Russians.  After the death of Catherine the Great, Czar Paul I pardoned him and set him free.

Kosciuszko returned to the United States for a time and became a friend of Thomas Jefferson.  Jefferson became both the executor and beneficiary of Kosciuszko's will.  He left Jefferson his wartime pay as compensation for freeing and the education of Jefferson's slaves.

--Cooter