Karl von Schaumann

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Karl Georg Friedrich Schaumann , von Schaumann since 1877 (born May 5, 1835 in Hanover ; † April 21, 1900 ibid) was a Prussian infantry general .

Life

origin

Karl was the son of the British War Commissioner August Rudolf Friedrich Schaumann (1778–1840) and his wife Charlotte, née Schwabe (1796–1864).

Military career

Schaumann visited the cadet institute in his hometown and was employed on April 1, 1853 as a porter ensign in the 3rd Infantry Regiment of the Hanoverian Army . With his promotion to second lieutenant on November 5, 1853, he joined the 2nd Infantry Regiment and was assigned to the General Staff at the beginning of November 1857 . Left in this command, Schaumann advanced to Prime Lieutenant in April 1859 , was then appointed General Staff Officer 1st Class at the end of May 1861 and was promoted to Captain 2nd Class on May 27, 1863 in this position without a patent . On June 1, 1864, Schaumann received the patent for this rank. In 1866 he took part in the battle of Langensalza during the war against Prussia and was awarded the Knight's Cross First Class of the Ernst August Order for his behavior .

After the lost war and the annexation of the Kingdom of Hanover, Schaumann joined the Prussian Army as a captain on March 9, 1867 . He was aggregated to the General Staff and assigned to the Grand General Staff. With his appointment as company commander in the 2nd Silesian Grenadier Regiment No. 11 , he was transferred to Altona on March 22, 1868 . As a major , Schaumann initially took part in the siege of Metz at the beginning of the war against France , in the course of which he was appointed commander of the 1st battalion. He led his battalion in the fighting at Artenay and was wounded by a shot in the neck at Orléans . From December 16, 1870 to February 14, 1871, Schaumann was the leader of the mobile regiment with which he fought in the Battle of Le Mans . Awarded both classes of the Iron Cross , he became a lieutenant colonel in July 1875 .

Kaiser Wilhelm I raised Schaumann to the hereditary Prussian nobility on October 1, 1877 . During this time he was in command as leader of the 3rd and 4th Detachments of the border occupation against Rinderpest in Upper Silesia . Under position à la suite, he was commissioned on March 13, 1879 with the command of the 1st Westphalian Infantry Regiment No. 13 in Münster . After Schaumann had been promoted to colonel on June 11, he was appointed regimental commander on November 28, 1879. As major general he was then from April 18, 1885 to August 2, 1888 commander of the 5th Infantry Brigade in Stettin . Subsequently charged with the leadership of the 11th Division in Breslau , Schaumann moved up on September 19, 1888 as Lieutenant General to the command of this large unit . In this position he was awarded the Order of the Crown, First Class, on September 20, 1890 . Although by his commanding general von Lewinski for use as governor recommended a larger fortress Schaumann was on June 9, 1891, the statutory pension for disposition made.

After his departure, Kaiser Wilhelm II gave him the character of General of the Infantry on January 18, 1896 and the Order of the Red Eagle, 1st Class with Oak Leaves, on January 24, 1899 . On this date Wilhelm II transferred the tradition of the old Hanoverian troops to Prussian units. On this occasion, the former Hanoverian officers still alive gave the emperor a silver and marble replica of the Waterloo Column, approx. 2.05 m in size . On the anniversary of the Battle of Waterloo , Schaumann personally presented this gift to Wilhelm II at SMY Hohenzollern .

family

Schaumann had married Elisabeth Meyer (1841-1922) on May 22, 1863 in Bremen . The following children were born from the marriage:

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Military weekly paper . No. 56, June 24, 1899, pp. 1457-1465.
personal data
SURNAME Schaumann, Karl von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Schaumann, Karl Georg Friedrich (birth name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prussian general of the infantry
DATE OF BIRTH May 5, 1835
PLACE OF BIRTH Hanover
DATE OF DEATH April 21, 1900
Place of death Hanover