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Friedrich Franz Karl Hecker (September 28, 1811 – March 24, 1881) was a German lawyer, politician and revolutionary. He was one of the most popular speakers and agitators of the 1848 Revolution. After moving to the United States, he served as a brigade commander in the Union Army during the American Civil War .
Friedrich Karl Franz Hecker (* 28. September 1811 in Eichtersheim, Großherzogtum Baden; † 24. März 1881 in Summerfield, Illinois, USA) war ein deutschamerikanischer Rechtsanwalt, Politiker und radikaldemokratischer Revolutionär.
Friedrich Hecker (born September 28, 1811, Eichtersheim, Baden—died March 24, 1881, St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.) was a German revolutionary republican politician who led radical forces that demanded that the 1848 revolution establish a republican form of government in Germany.
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Sep 2, 2018 · Friedrich Hecker was one of the faces of the German revolutions of 1848-1849. Like many of his companions he emigrated after the failing of the revolution or single uprisings. On 20 September 1848, he boarded a ship to New York in Le Havre and became a farmer in Illinois.
The Hecker uprising was an attempt in April 1848 by Baden revolutionary leaders Friedrich Hecker, Gustav von Struve, and several other radical democrats to overthrow the monarchy and establish a republic in the Grand Duchy of Baden.
Sep 28, 2011 · Voller Optimismus reiste Friedrich Hecker Ende März 1848 nach Frankfurt, wo sich die Abgeordneten des Vorparlaments in der Paulskirche versammelt hatten. Hecker forderte sie auf, die...
SF: What I’m trying to follow is an insurrection led by Friedrich Hecker from April 12th to April 20th in 1848 that was expecting an avalanche of support and revolution to grasp Germany, but completely failed. AS: When and how did the project originally emerge?
