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August WillichAugust Willich (1810-1878). 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. 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. Source See also External links Willich, August Willich, August Willich, August
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