George Pomutz
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George Pomutz (English version of Gheorghe Pomuţ; May 31, 1818—October 12, 1882) was an ethnic Romanian United States general in the Civil War, and a diplomat.
Pomutz was born in Gyula, Békés county, Hungary. In the 1848 revolution, Pomutz fought in the Hungarian revolutionary army. After the crushing of the revolution, Pomutz along with 30 comrades emigrated to the USA, where they founded the colony New Buda, south of Burlington, Iowa. He gained US citizenship on March 15, 1855.
At the debut of the American Civil War, he enrolled in the Union army as lieutenant of the 15th Infantry regiment of Iowa. He steadily rose through the ranks, and in May 1864 was appointed Provost Marshal of the 17th regiment, which he commanded in the Battle of Atlanta.
After the end of the Civil War, Pomutz was appointed Consul of the United States in Saint Petersburg, Imperial Russia (1866), then promoted to General Consul in 1874; he may have been involved in the negotiations for the Alaska Purchase. Pomutz died in Saint Petersburg.
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