For liberty and justice : a biography of Brigadier General Włodzimierz B. Krzyżanowski, 1824-1887 / by James S. Pula.

Format:

Book

Thesis/Dissertation

Author/Creator:

Pula, James S., 1946-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Krzyżanowski, Wladimir, 1824-1887.

Krzyżanowski, Wladimir.

United States. Army--Biography.

United States.

United States. Army.

Generals--United States--Biography.

Generals.

Polish Americans--Biography.

Polish Americans.

United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Biography.

History.

United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Participation, Polish American.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

x, 335 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 24 cm

Edition:

[Second edition].

Other Title:

Biography of Brigadier General Włodzimierz B. Krzyżanowski, 1824-1887

Place of Publication:

Utica, N.Y. : Ethnic Heritage Studies Center, Utica College, [2008]

Summary:

Founded in 1981 by Utica College Professor Eugene P. Nassar, the Ethnic Heritage Studies Center serves as a focal point for research, teaching, and public service related to ethnicity in American life. Its objectives are to develop library and other teaching resources in the field of ethnic studies; promote the collection of historical and cultural materials; support the publication of occasional papers, monographs, and other items on topics related to ethnic studies; sponsor an annual lecture and artist series; develop bibliographic references for area libraries, historical societies, and organizations housing research materials on ethnic studies; work with community organizations toward the preservation and dissemination of information on the ethnic experience in central New York; and cooperate with The History Project and the Center for Historical Research sponsored by the Utica College History Department.

Contents:

"The son of a foreign land": from childhood in Poland to a new life in America

"Freemen are brothers": organizing a regiment and leading it at Cross Keys

"I fights mit Sigel": the Second Bull Run campaign

"For liberty and justice": winter in camp and news from Poland

"A hell of a fix": the Chancellorsville campaign

"A portrait of hell": the Gettysburg campaign

"The most distinguished feats": the Chattanooga and Knoxville campaigns

"Veteran volunteers": furlough and frameup

"A most splendid officer": the final months of war

"Those who were faithful": the Reconstruction era

"I feel that I have done my duty": special agent, United States Treasury

"Without injury to his dignity": life in San Francisco

"Wounds which do not heal": a return to Federal service

A "genial and loyal spirit": twilight years and beyond.

Notes:

Originally written as a doctoral thesis under title: Na polu chwały: the life and times of Włodzimierz Krzyżanowski (Polish immigrant, Civil War general, federal agent). Purdue Unversity, 1972.

Previously published under title: For liberty and justice : the life and times of Wladimir Krzyżanowski. Chicago : Polish American Congress Charitable Foundation, 1978.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [319]-325) and index.

ISBN:

0966036395

9780966036398

OCLC:

319434498