Wilhelm Hexamer
Wilhelm Ferdinand Nicolaus Ludwig Hexamer (born November 11, 1825 in Koblenz , † April 25, 1870 in Hoboken , New Jersey ) was a revolutionary during the March Revolution of 1848/1849 and battery chief during the American Civil War .
Life
Hexamer studied mineralogy in Heidelberg from 1842 to 1844 , where he and his brother Adolf became members of the Neckarbund fraternity and the Volksverein in 1842 . Wilhelm Hexamer later continued his training at the Polytechnic in Karlsruhe .
He took part in the Baden uprising under Franz Sigel and organized the people's armed forces . For this he was charged with high treason and riot; In 1849 he fled via Switzerland to London and on to the United States . He settled in Hoboken, New Jersey as an engineer and was elected to the city council there.
After the civil war began, Hexamer set up an artillery battery that consisted only of Germans. The unit stood out especially in the Battle of Antietam , when it fended off a Confederate attack with great losses. A memorial stone on the battlefield of Antietam commemorates Hexamer's Battery .
Hexamer was married to Anna Peter, a daughter of the Baden politician Franz Josef Peter . Hexamer's early death on April 25, 1870 was brought about as a result of the war.
literature
- H. Balder, R. Richter: Corporates in the American Civil War , Heidelberg: 1999. ISBN 978-3-9338-9227-0
- Helge Dvorak: Biographical Lexicon of the German Burschenschaft. Volume I: Politicians. Sub-Volume 2: F-H. Winter, Heidelberg 1999, ISBN 3-8253-0809-X , p. 327.
Web links
- Wilhelm hexamer in the database of Find a Grave (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hexamer, Wilhelm |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Hexamer, William |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Revolutionary and battery leader |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 11, 1825 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Koblenz |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 25, 1870 |
| Place of death | Hoboken , New Jersey |