appointed governor of Georgia. Supposedly he also served as the first American administrator of Alaska Territory. However, the Anchorage Daily News was unable to find conclusive information to support or disprove this claim. It is said that the supposed posting was a reward for his services as personal representative of Secretary William H. Seward during the negotiations for the purchase of Alaska. He served in the U.S. Treasury Department and later in the customs service in Panama and New York. Krzyżanowski died in New York City. On 13 October 1937, the 50th anniversary of his death, his remains were transferred with military honors from Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn, New York, to Arlington National Cemetery. President Franklin D. Roosevelt broadcast a nationwide tribute via radio, and Poland's president, Ignacy Mościcki, transmitted his from Warsaw. Legacy Krzyżanowski's legacy was honored by the American Polish Civil War Centennial Committee during the 1960s, which lobbied politicians for a greater appreciation of his remembrance. Thomas J. Lane pushed for House Joint Resolution 707, which would have made 9 July 1962 "Gen. Kryzanowski Memorial Day". The resolution did not, however, receive sufficient support from Congress. See also List of American Civil War brevet generals (Union) Notes References Eicher, John H., and David J. Eicher. Civil War High Commands. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 2001. . Krzyżanowski, Wladimir. The Memoirs of Wladimir Krzyżanowski, translated by James S. Pula. San Francisco: R&E Research Associates, 1978. . Tagg, Larry. The Generals of Gettysburg. Campbell, CA: Savas Publishing, 1998. . Warner, Ezra J. Generals in Blue: Lives of the Union Commanders. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1964. . Kruszewska, Mirosława, "Pierwsi Polacy w Ameryce, [23] Zapomniany bohater" ("The First Poles in America, [23] A Forgotten Hero"), Gwiazda Polarna (Pole Star), vol. 102, no. 23 (5 November 2011), pp. 10–11. Kruszewska, Mirosława, "Gen. Włodzimierz Krzyżanowski (1824-1887) - zignorowany bohater" ("Gen. Włodzimierz Krzyżanowski (1824-1887): A Forgotten Hero"), in Polacy w Ameryce (Poles in America), Stevens Point, WI, Point Publications, Inc., 2015, , pp. 107–19. External links Polish emigrants to the United States Polish generals in other armies Polish nobility Union Army generals People of New York (state) in the American Civil War Greater Poland Uprising (1848) participants Burials at Arlington National Cemetery 1824 births 1887 deaths People from Oborniki County Polish people of the American Civil War Forty-Eighters