posted comment earlier today about joseph weydemeyer who was surveyor on central park project, i mentioned that he contributed money to paper that marx edited and that he had been member of communist league...
having fled germany to u.s., he became abolitionist and labor movement activist in nyc, editing several journals aimed at working class immigrants, he supported lincoln's presidential candidacy and volunteered for union army, appointed artillery captain because of training in prussian military, he became lieutenant colonel assigned to command in missouri ozarks, he resigned his command following a mutiny and died shortly after civil war's end from cholera... mh