Johann Christian August Wagner

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Johann Christian August Wagner (born October 30, 1777 in Weißenfels , † June 6, 1854 in Paris ) was a Prussian major general and military writer.

Life

origin

His parents were the judiciary, magistrate and district judge Johann Georg Gotthilf Wagner († April 16, 1800) and his wife Rosine Wilhelmine, née Mundt.

Military career

Wagner attended the convent school in Schulpforta from Easter 1790 and passed his school leaving examination there on September 21, 1795 . On October 19, 1795 he enrolled at the University of Leipzig and settled in his hometown as a lawyer . Shortly before the Fifth Coalition War , Wagner entered Austrian service on October 10, 1808, where he was employed as a lieutenant in the “von Zedzwitz” regiment. On May 8, 1809, he came as a captain in the “von Stein” regiment. He fought with the regiment in the battle of Aspern and in the battle of Pressburg . After the peace agreement he was transferred to the “Colloredo” regiment and assigned to the quartermaster staff. During the Wars of Liberation , Wagner was in Prince Schwarzenberg's headquarters and took part in the battles near Dresden , Kulm , Leipzig , Arcis-sur-Aube , Fere-Champenoise , Paris and the battle near Kösen.

After the war, Wagner went into Prussian service on May 22, 1815 and came to Prince Blücher's headquarters as a captain and general staff officer . The latter sent him to the commandant's office in Paris on June 30, 1815, where he was assigned to the Duke of Wellington . On January 20, 1816, he received his captain's patent , which was backdated to May 7, 1809. He was also aggregated to the General Staff . On March 26, 1816 Wagner was promoted to major and was transferred to the General Staff on October 5, 1816 . On September 21, 1820 he was aggregated to the 2nd Department of the War Ministry and on March 30, 1821 he resigned to the General Staff. Wagner also chaired the censorship commission. He was also appointed a member of the Military Study Commission on February 23, 1826; on March 30, 1827, his salary for this was 2,250 thalers. On March 30, 1830 he was promoted to lieutenant colonel and on May 6, 1830 removed from the budget of the General Staff, but continued to run as aggregated. On March 30, 1834 he was promoted to colonel and on September 10, 1840 Wagner received the character of major general, and on December 23, 1840, the Commander's Cross of the Guelph Order . On August 5, 1841, he was put up for disposal with a pension . He remained an interim member of the military commission with a special allowance of 250 thalers a year. On January 30, 1845, he received permission to stay in southern France and to receive his pension there. He died in Paris on June 6, 1854.

Wagner was not a soldier at the front in his Prussian days, but he was very scientifically gifted and published numerous works over the years. His first work was Fundamentals of Pure Strategy . In 1823 he took over the editing of the military weekly paper , wrote about the wars of liberation and the political situation as well as the Polish-Russian war of 1830/31 . When King Friedrich Wilhelm III. When he went to the baths in Teplitz , he often took Wagner there with him to hear lectures there on the history of war.

family

Wagner married Marie Helene Decle on November 18, 1816 in the Church of St. Hedwig in Berlin, Ricard was widowed (December 3, 1778, † January 6, 1839). She was buried in St. Hedwig's Church after her death. In 1843 he married Countess Anna de Pons, who lived as a canoness in St. Annen-Stift in Munich. Both marriages remained childless. After Napoleon III. After coming to power in France, Wagner's wife became a reader for Empress Eugenie . The major general continued to maintain good contacts with his king. After the general's death, the widow did not receive a pension despite requests.

Works

  • Outlines of the pure strategy. 1808, digitized
  • About fortune and wealth. 1817.
  • Plan the battles and meetings fought by the Prussian army in the campaigns of 1813, 14 and 15. 1821-1825, Volume 1 , Volume 2 , Volume 4 , Volume 5 Appendix
  • The campaign of the K. Prussian Army on the Rhine in 1793. 1831, digitized

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b military weekly paper . Supplements 1876, p. 293.
  2. ↑ comtesse de Pons de Wagner
personal data
SURNAME Wagner, Johann Christian August
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prussian major general, military writer
DATE OF BIRTH October 30, 1777
PLACE OF BIRTH Weissenfels
DATE OF DEATH June 6, 1854
Place of death Paris