Carl Rudolph von Mosch

Carl Rudolph von Mosch

Carl Rudolph von Mosch (born March 20, 1718 in Altdorf bei Sagan , † July 25, 1798 in Berlin ) was a Prussian lieutenant general , head of the aristocratic cadet corps and knight of the order pour le mérite .

family

Carl Rudolph von Mosch was one of 16 children of Hans Christoph von Mosch and Charlotte Franziska von Unruh . His brothers were among others Lieutenant General Christoph Friedrich von Mosch (1733-1821) and Major General August Wilhelm von Mosch (1735-1815).

life and career

He began his military career in the cadet corps in Dresden , where he entered in 1734. On February 9, 1741, he switched to the Prussian Army and became an ensign in the "Infantry Regiment v. Glasenapp ” (“ No. 1 ”). On May 6, 1744 he was second lieutenant and on November 7, 1751 prime lieutenant . After his wounding on May 6, 1757 in the Battle of Prague , he became a staff captain on November 7, 1756 and captain and company commander on May 10, 1757 . On August 15, 1758 , after Major Ernst Sigismund von Wedell had been shot, he took command of the von Wedel grenadier battalion as the oldest captain at the Battle of Zorndorf and was wounded. On February 28, 1762 he became major and on June 22, 1772 lieutenant colonel . On January 18, 1774, Mosch received the order Pour le Mérite and on May 21, 1774 he was appointed commander of the "Infantry Regiment v. Koschembahr " (" No. 1 "). On May 26, 1776 he became a colonel . On May 21, 1782, the king appointed him major general and chief of the aristocratic cadet corps and the Ecole militaire. On August 10, 1790 he became lieutenant general and on March 10, 1797 he was given a pension.

Mosch was buried on July 27, 1798 in the crypt of the Berlin garrison church.

literature

• Anton Balthasar König : Carl Rudolph von Mosch . In: Biographical lexicon of all heroes and military figures who made themselves famous in the Prussian service . tape 3 . Arnold Wever, Berlin 1790, p. 65 ( Carl Rudolph von Mosch at Wikisource [PDF]).
• Hans von Mosch: On the history of the von Mosch family - Niederlausitzer branch. Part 3, 1997