August
Willich was born in Germany in 1810.
A graduate of the German military academy he joined Franz
Sigel, Carl Schurz, Peter
Osterhaus, Alexander Schimmelfennig,
Max Weber in taking part in the failed
1848 German Revolution.
Willich emigrated to America and worked as a carpenter in the Brooklyn
Navy Yard. A follower of Karl Marx, Willich
later he found work as a journalist. On the outbreak of the American
Civil War Willich joined the Union Army
. Commissioned as a lieutenant his regiment routed the Texas Rangers
in November, 1861. Promoted to the rank of colonel he commanded the
6th Brigade of the Army of the Cumberland for most of the war.
He offered his services to Germany during the Franco-Prussian War.
His age and his communist views resulted in him being refused. August
Willich died in 1878.
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