Włodzimierz Krzyżanowski
Union United States Army general
Died when: 62 years 207 days (750 months)Star Sign: Cancer
Wlodzimierz Bonawentura Krzyzanowski ([vw?'d??imj?? k???a'n?fski]; 8 July 1824 – 31 January 1887) was a Polish American engineer, politician, and brigadier general in the Union Army.
A Polish noble, he took part in the 1848 uprising against Prussia and left Poland after its suppression.During the American Civil War he enlisted in the United States' Union Army, recruited a company of Polish immigrants, and became colonel of the 58th New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment, listed in the official Army Register as the "Polish Legion".
In the July 1863 Battle of Gettysburg, Krzyzanowski helped repel an evening assault by the famed Louisiana Tigers on the Union defenses atop East Cemetery Hill.After the war he held several government posts, though it is disputed whether he was the first American administrator of Alaska Territory, as has been often stated.
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