August Willich

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    About August Willich

    August Willich, born Johann August Ernst von Willich, was a Prussian military officer and a prominent early proponent of communism in Germany. He discarded his noble title in 1847 and later emigrated to the United States, becoming a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

    August Willich's Area of Expertise

    Military strategy, communism, German history, American Civil War, leadership

    A random fact that I love is...

    I once led a regiment of German immigrants in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

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