George Pomutz
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George Pomutz
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| Born |
May 31, 1818 Gyula, Békés county, Austrian Empire |
| Died | October 12, 1882 (aged 64) Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire |
| Place of burial | Smolensky Cemetery, Saint Petersburg, Russia |
| Allegiance |
United States of America Union |
| Service/branch | Union Army |
| Rank | Brevet Brigadier General |
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Hungarian Revolution of 1848
American Civil War
George Pomutz (in Romanian: Gheorghe Pomuţ, in Hungarian: Pomucz György or Pomutz György; May 31, 1818 – October 12, 1882) was a Romanian officer during the Hungarian Revolution of 1848 against the Habsburgs, a general in the Union Army in the American Civil War, and a diplomat.
George Pomutz was born in the Kingdom of Hungary crownland of the Austrian Empire, in the town of Gyula (Romanian: Giula), Békés county, to ethnic Romanian parents originally from Săcele, near Brașov in Transylvania. He received his primary and secondary education in Hungary, followed by the Military Academy in Vienna and Military Academy Saint Etienne (France). He also specialized in France and became a royal prosecutor. In 1849 he emigrated to the United States, arriving in New York on February 24, 1850, alongside 20 acquaintances. The group of immigrants, Romanians and Hungarians, settled around the town of Keokuk, Iowa, founding a settlement named New Buda located south of the town of Burlington. George Pomutz became a U.S. citizen on March 15, 1855. He purchased land and a mining concession, the 1860 U.S. Census finding him living in Decatur, Iowa.
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