August Willich

August Willich (1810-1878).

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1810 - 1878

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Former Prussian artillery officer. As a convinced republican he retired from the army in 1846. Member of the Communist League. He took an active part in the Revolution of 1848-1849. After the suppression of the rising he emigrated to London. With Schapper he was the leader of the ?Left? fraction of the Communist League. In 1849, was leader of a Free Corps in the Baden-Palatinate uprising. In 1850, when the League of Communists split, he (together with Schapper) was leader of the anti-Marx grouping. Became a carpenter, first working in this role in America in 1853. In 1858 he became a journalist. During the Civil War of North against South (1861-1865) he fought on the side of the Northerners, distinguished himself and was made a general. After the war he went into the government service and occupied high positions in Cincinnati. In 1870 he went for a time to Germany. He died in the United States.

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Prussia - 1846 - Communist League - Revolution - 1848 - 1849 - Baden-Palatinate uprising - 1850 - 1853 - 1858 - Civil War - 1861 - 1865 - Cincinnati - 1870

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In his concluding Note to the Revelations concerning the Communist Trial in Cologne Marx writes: ?In the Civil War in North America, Willich showed that he is more than a visionary.?

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