the end of the Civil War, Pomutz returned to Keokuk. On February 16, 1866, he was appointed Consul of the United States in Saint Petersburg, Imperial Russia, serving in that capacity until September 30, 1870. During that period, he was involved in the negotiations for the Alaska Purchase. Later he became the American consul general in Saint Petersburg, serving from June 17, 1874, until his death there, in 1882. He was buried in Smolensky Cemetery, Saint Petersburg, Russia but his grave seems to have disappeared, possibly after the re-purposing of cemetery lands by the Bolsheviks, after the 1917 Russian Revolution. Legacy The Liberty ship SS George Pomutz was named after him. Launched August 3, 1944, the ship served till 1970. On August 14, 2004, a statue of Pomutz was unveiled at the Dormition of the Theotokos Cathedral in Cleveland, Ohio. A street in Timișoara, Romania bears his name. Quotation From the address by Emil Constantinescu, President of Romania, at a Joint Meeting of the United States Congress, July 15, 1998: See also Nicolae Dunca List of American Civil War brevet generals (Union) References Further reading Demetrius Dvoichenko-Markov (1955), A Rumanian Priest in Colonial America, American Slavic and East European Review, Vol. 14, No. 3. (October, 1955), pp. 383–389. Fillman, George (1996), George Pomutz: A Romanian soldier of distinction in the American Civil War, 1861-1865, External links History of Iowa's 15th Volunteer Regiment 15th Iowa Infantry Roster – Civil War Oldest Romanian Orthodox Parish in US Marks 100 Years of Ministry, Orthodox News, Vol. 6, No. 34, August 24, 2004 His pension card Gheorghe Pomuţ, românul care a întregit graniţele S.U.A. George Pomut, American hero Union Army officers People of Iowa in the American Civil War Ambassadors of the United States to Russia People of the Revolutions of 1848 Romanian emigrants to the United States Hungarian emigrants to the United States People from Gyula 1818 births 1882 deaths