Fritz Anneke, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Fritz Anneke

German-American political activist, Union Army Civil War colonel, journalist

Date of Birth: 03-Jan-1818

Place of Birth: Dortmund, Free State of Prussia, Germany

Date of Death: 06-Dec-1872

Profession: editor, journalist, revolutionary

Nationality: United States, Germany

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Friedrich 'Fritz' Anneke (January 3, 1818, Dortmund, Prussia – December 8, 1872, Chicago, United States) was a German revolutionary, socialist and newspaper editor, owner, and reporter.
He immigrated to the United States with his family in 1849 and became an officer in the Union Army, and later an entrepreneur and journalist.
He was the husband of Mathilde Franziska Anneke, the older brother of Emil Anneke, the first Republican Michigan Auditor General, and the father of Percy Shelley Anneke, well known in Duluth, Minnesota, as co-founder and owner of the famous Fitger Brewing Company, now registered as a U.S.
National Historic Place.