Hans von Schachtmeyer (General of the Infantry)

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Hans Ferdinand Rudolf von Schachtmeyer (born November 6, 1816 in Berlin , † November 8, 1897 in Celle ) was a Prussian infantry general .

Life

origin

He was the son of the Prussian Major General Hans von Schachtmeyer (1782-1847) and his wife Amalie, born von Orlich († March 31, 1835). His brothers Ernst (1825–1846) and Wilhelm (1830–1851) also embarked on a military career in the Prussian Army.

Military career

Schachtmeyer visited the Cadet Corps and on August 5, 1833, joined the 2nd Guard Regiment on foot in the Prussian Army as a Second Lieutenant . He later graduated from the General War School in Berlin. Because of his high level of technical ability, he was assigned to the Sömmerda rifle factory from 1841 to 1846 to test the new needle gun . Promoted to Prime Lieutenant on March 14, 1848 , Schachtmeyer took part in the suppression of street fighting in Berlin in the same month . Subsequently, he was assigned to serve in the artillery department of the General War Department in the War Ministry . He returned to military service in 1850 and was transferred to the 1st Guards Regiment on foot on May 11, 1852 when he was promoted to captain as company commander . On June 30, 1855 à la suite found Schachtmeyer chairman was the gun Testing Commission in Spandau . In this position, he was both advisor and technical confidante of Prince Wilhelm of Prussia . Left in this command on May 8, 1856, transferred as a major to the 2nd Infantry Regiment , he was battalion commander in the 1st Guards Regiment from June 14, 1859 to January 30, 1860 and then commander of the training battalion until October 17, 1861 . Then Schachtmeyer, as a colonel, was given command of the Fusilier Regiment No. 40 stationed in Trier .

When the German War broke out , Schachtmeyer was promoted to major general on June 15, 1866 and took over the leadership of the 32nd Infantry Brigade in the Association of Detachments "von Beyer", at whose head he participated in the Main Campaign. On July 10, 1866, during the battle of Hammelburg , he was incapacitated by a shot in the right hand and went to the hospital. After the Peace of Prague on September 15, he was first transferred to the army officers and on October 30, 1866 appointed commander of the newly established 41st Infantry Brigade in Frankfurt am Main .

At the beginning of the Franco-Prussian War he was appointed lieutenant general on July 26, 1870 and was given command of the 21st division within the 3rd Army . On August 4th, the 41st Infantry Brigade under his command was able to successfully intervene in the battle of Weißenburg , while other parts of the division took part in the battle of Wörth on August 6th . After General Hermann von Gersdorff was fatally wounded at the beginning of the Battle of Sedan , Schachtmeyer took over the leadership of the XI on September 13, 1870 . Army Corps . He led this corps to the ring of enclosure before Paris , where the 22nd Division under General Wittich was soon stolen from him at Versailles for other purposes.

For his achievements during the war, he received both classes of the Iron Cross and the order Pour le Mérite .

After his return home, on May 23, 1871, he exchanged command of the 21st division with the 8th division , which was garrisoned in Erfurt . On May 25, 1875, he was appointed governor of Strasbourg . On March 22, 1876 he was promoted to general of the infantry and on January 26, 1878 was transferred to the officers à la suite of the army. He was then commanded and appointed as commanding general of the XIII. Army corps to Württemberg . On the occasion of the imperial maneuver , Schachtmeyer was appointed chief of the Pomeranian Fusilier Regiment No. 34 by Kaiser Wilhelm I on September 23, 1885 . With evolution of his command in Württemberg Schachtmeyer was on his resignation, leaving out as regimental commander on May 15, 1886 Board for disposition made.

He then lived with his widowed sister in Celle and was cremated in Gotha after his death .

Awards

For his many years of service in war and peace, Schachtmeyer u. a. receive the following highest medals :

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Geheime Kriegs-Kanzlei (Ed.): Rank and Quarters List of the Royal Prussian Army for 1886. Berlin 1886, p. 32.
personal data
SURNAME Schachtmeyer, Hans von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prussian general of the infantry
DATE OF BIRTH November 6, 1816
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin
DATE OF DEATH November 8, 1897
Place of death Celle