List of Prussian generals in the Napoleonic Wars

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Friedrich Wilhelm von Bülow, victorious in every battle of the coalition wars

This list enumerates Prussian generals during the Prussian participation in the coalition wars (1792–1795, 1806–1807, 1812–1815) and aims to be complete in the long term. The highest rank that the general held during the Prussian participation is entered as the rank. Generals who retired at the beginning of the coalition wars are ignored. All appointments to the Demittierung are irrelevant to the list, so be officers who during the war generals adopted , have not been disregarded, as such, were active. The same applies to titular officers.

Field Marshals General

infantry

Surname Lifetime period of service Awards Remarks
Ferdinand of Braunschweig 1735–1806 ( ‡ Auerstedt ) 1773-1806 HBO Trigger of the Tuileries Storm
Wilhelm Magnus von Brünneck 1727-1817 1744-1805 PlM, RAO , SAO Retired as General Field Marshal in 1805
Wilhelm René de l'Homme de Courbière 1733-1811 1758-1811 PlM, SAO, RAO French by birth, gained great fame in the defense of Graudenz, previously in Dutch service, Governor General of West Prussia
Friedrich Adolf von Kalckreuth 1737-1818 1752-1818 Governor of Breslau, Koenigsberg and Berlin
Ludwig Karl von Kalckstein 1725-1800 1742-1800 SAO Governor of Magdeburg, not involved in any battles
Alexander von Knobelsdorff 1723-1799 1741-1799 SAO F , Governor of Küstrin
Wichard von Möllendorff 1724-1816 approx. 1740-1816 PlM, EL played an unfortunate role in the battle of Jena and Auerstedt

cavalry

Surname Lifetime period of service Awards Remarks
Gebhard von Blücher 1742-1819 1760-1773, 1787-1819 PlM, EK , SAO, OHG , EO F , nickname "Marshal Forward", conqueror of Napoleon in his last battle , previously in Swedish service
Ludwig of Württemberg 1756-1817 1775-1800 OHA , MVO , SAO, WAO F , later in Russian and Württemberg service

Infantry Generals

Surname Lifetime period of service Awards Remarks
Johann Georg of Anhalt-Dessau 1748-1811 1768-1779, 1789-1808 SAO
Gottlieb Ludwig von Beville 1734-1810 1749-1806 PlM, SAO Governor of Neuchâtel
Heinrich Gottlob von Braun 1717-1798 1734-1794 PlM, SAO
Friedrich August of Braunschweig and Lüneburg 1740-1805 1763-1794 SAO F , previously in service in Brunswick
Jakob von Colong 1724-1806 1745-1806 RAO1
Friedrich Wilhelm von Bülow 1755-1816 1768-1816 PlM, MWO, EK , MMTO, SAO, RAO1 Victorious in all battles
Franz Andreas von Favrat 1730-1804 1759 (?) - 1804 PlM, RAO , SAO previously in French, Spanish and Austrian services, known for his exceptional physical strength
Karl Friedrich von Hirschfeld 1747-1818 1762-1815 PlM, RAO1 meanwhile in captivity , involved in the formation of the Landwehr
Friedrich Ludwig zu Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen 1746-1818 1766-1806 SAO previously opponent of Prussia in the imperial armies
Friedrich von Kleist 1762-1832 1778-1823 PlM, EK , RAO1, OHW F.
August of Prussia 1779-1843 1797 / 8-1843 HH, EK2, ÖkLO, SAO richest landowner in the Prussian state, inspector general and chief of the artillery
Heinrich of Prussia 1781-1846 1795-1846 SAO, OHG , OHW
Ernst von Rüchel 1754-1823 1770-1809 PlM, SAO F.
Bogislav of Tauentzien 1760-1824 1776-1824 PlM, GKEK, RAO , SAO, MMTO F , Ambassador to Russia
Ludwig Yorck von Wartenburg 1759-1830 1772-1780, 1787-1830 PlM, EK , RAO1, SAO meanwhile in Dutch service; Signatory of the Tauroggen Convention
Christian Ludwig von Winning 1736-1822 1752-1812 PlM, RAO

Generals of the cavalry

Surname Lifetime period of service Awards Remarks
Ernst Johann Sigismund von Boyen 1730-1806 1746-1783, 1791-1806 RAO
Georg Oswald von Czettritz 1728-1796 1745-1796 PlM, RAO
Anton Wilhelm of L'Estocq 1738-1815 1757-1814 PlM, EK am white band, SAO F , governor of Wroclaw and Berlin
August Neidhardt von Gneisenau 1760-1831 1785-1831 PlM, MMJO , MMTO, SAO F , important army reformer, previously in Austrian, Brandenburg-Ansbach and British services
Karl August of Saxe-Weimar 1757-1828 1787 (?) - 1822 (?) SAO, WAO F.
Johann Adolf von Thielmann 1765-1824 1815-1824 RAO1, MHO, OHA , EL also active in Saxon and Russian services

Lieutenant General

infantry

Surname Lifetime period of service Awards Remarks
Friedrich Erdmann from Anhalt-Koethen-Pless 1731-1797 1751-1755, 1793-1797 SAO, WAO meanwhile in French service, after the execution of Louis XVI. he laid down all French military dignity
Alexander Wilhelm von Arnim 1738-1809 1753-1807 PlM, RAO1, wounded near Auerstedt, mistakenly believed to be dead
Matthias Wilhelm von Below 1722-1798 1740-1798 PlM, RAO1
Friedrich Adrian von Borcke 1734-1806 1742-1806 PlM
Dietrich Eugen Philipp von Bornstedt 1726-1793 1742-1793
Hans Ehrentreich von Bornstedt 1722-1807 1739-1807
Ludwig Matthias Nathanael Gottlieb von Brauchitsch 1757-1827 1772-1827 PlM, RAO1, OHA Governor of Berlin
Friedrich Otto von Diericke 1743-1819 1760-1819 PlM, SAO, RAO1, OHA
Ludwig Wilhelm August von Ebra 1759-1818 1774-1811, 1813-1815 PlM
Johann Wilhelm von Ernest 1741-1817 1786-1813 PlM previously in English, Dutch and Brunswick services
Karl Ludwig Bogislav von Goetze 1743-1806 1758-1806 PlM, RAO
Franz Ludwig von Hatzfeldt 1756-1827 1795-1827 SAO previously in the service of the Electorate of Mainz, no active Prussian employment in the coalition wars
Ludwig of Hessen-Homburg 1770-1839 1788-1839 RAO , SAO, GHL, GO, MMTO, SSO Governor of Luxembourg
Wilhelm II of Hessen-Kassel 1777-1847 1804 (?) - 1814 (?) SAO, EO did not act gloriously as a military
Johann Christian von Hundt 1730-1815 1745-1807 / 15 PlM His son fell as a major at Claye
Karl Friedrich von dem Knesebeck 1768-1848 1782-1847 EPlM, EK1, SAO, MMJO , ÖkLO , OHAE, OHW, SO , MMJO
Heinrich von der Lahr 1734-1816 1756-1810 PlM, RAO1
Wilhelm Christian von Larisch 1743-1823 1761-1813 Unfit for duty due to a wound since 1806, captured near Lübeck
Karl of Mecklenburg 1785-1837 1799-1837 ♣ PlM, SAO, MMTO, EK1 wounded near Leipzig
Christian Friedrich Wilhelm von Ploetz 1745-1816 1759-1814 PlM Brother of Franz von Ploetz
Franz Heinrich Christian von Ploetz 1741-1819 1755-1807 PlM
Louis Ferdinand of Prussia 1772–1806 ( † Saalfeld ) 1789 (?) - 1806 Importance as a musician
Friedrich Ludwig Wilhelm Otto Gans zu Putlitz 1750-1828 1770-1812, 1813-1815 PlM, EK2 strongly divergent role in war
Eugen von Raumer 1756-1823 1773-1815 PlM
Friedrich Karl Ludwig of Schleswig-Holstein 1757-1816 1777-1781, 1786-1797 RAO1, HO, ANO, EO then in Russian service
Carl von Schmettau 1743–1806 ( ‡ Auerstedt ) 1756-1778, 1787-1790, 1797-1806 recognized cartographer, possibly father of Louis Ferdinand of Prussia
Friedrich Schuler from Senden 1753-1827 1786 (?) - 1825 PlM, RAO1 previously in Brunswick and Dutch services
Karl von Steinmetz 1768-1837 1787-1817 ♣ PlM, OHA1, OHG3, RAO3 Surveyor of Westphalia
Ludwig August von Stutterheim 1751-1826 1763-1811, 1813-1825 PlM, SAO, RAO1
August von Thümen 1757-1826 1769-1820 ♣ PlM, EK1, SO1, OHA , RAO turned the battle at Dennewitz
Wilhelm Karl von Treuenfels 1740-1813 1774-1808 previously in service in Hesse, wounded near Warsaw
Friedrich Wilhelm Christian von Zastrow 1752-1830 1766–1807, 1813 (?) - 1830 PlM, SAO, HO

cavalry

Surname Lifetime period of service Awards Remarks
Karl August von Backhof 1720-1807 1734-1796 PlM, RAO
Georg Friedrich Christoph von Bardeleben 1734-1801 1752-1801 PlM
August Adam Heinrich von Bismark 1739-1813 1753-1805 PlM, RAO1
Ludwig von Borstell 1773-1844 1788-1840 PlM, EK1, SAO, RAO1, GO, KSO, OZL Member of the Prussian State Council
Carl Adolph von Brühl 1742-1802 1782-1802 previously in Saxon service
Karl Friedrich von Brüsewitz 1738-1811 1753-1806 PlM
Karl Adolf August von Eben and Brunnen 1734-1800 1751-1794 PlM, RAO
Karl Friedrich von Elsner 1739-1808 1754-1806 PlM, SAO
Karl Gustav von Erichsen 1743-1827 1762-1813 PlM previously in Russian service, severe wound near Jena
Karl Gottlob Ludwig Sylvius von Frankenberg and Ludwigsdorf 1732-1795 1765-1795 PlM previously in the service of Hesse-Kassel
Sylvius von Frankenberg and Proschlitz 1732-1795 1752-1795 PlM
Friedrich Eberhard Siegmund Günther von Goeckingk 1738-1813 1757-1805 PlM, RAO retired as general of the cavalry
Ludwig Ferdinand Friedrich von Heising 1738-1809 1753-1807 PlM
Jakob Friedrich von Holtzendorff 1741-1820 1756-1814 PlM, RAO1 wounded at Jena
Friedrich Heinrich Karl von Hünerbein 1762-1819 1778-1819 PlM, EK1, OHA , RAO1 Governor of Wroclaw
Karl Leopold von Köckritz 1744-1821 1761-1814 PlM, SAO jointly responsible for the Prussian isolation
Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig von Krusemarck 1767-1822 1784-1822 PlM, EK2, RAO, SO Prussian envoy in Vienna
Friedrich von Massenbach 1753-1819 1766-1815 PlM, RAO, officer of the EL Governor between the Vistula and Russia
Hans Stephan of Rouquette 1742-1813 1758-1813 In 1811 two months in prison
Moritz von Prittwitz 1747-1822 1762-1813 PlM, OHA , RAO demitted as major general, later given the character of lieutenant general
Christoph Johann Friedrich Otto von Zieten 1747-1817 1762-1817 PlM, RAO1, OHA wounded at Zehendick and Heilsberg

artillery

Surname Lifetime period of service Awards Remarks
Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich von Decker 1744-1828 1763-1815 PlM, OHG, EK2
Gerhard von Scharnhorst 1755–1813 ( ‡ Großgörschen ) 1778-1813 PlM, RAO2, OHW, EK F , army reformer

Major generals

infantry

Surname Lifetime period of service Awards Remarks
Ludolf August Friedrich von Alvensleben 1743-1822 1758 (?) - 1809 PlM sentenced to two years of imprisonment
Benjamin of Amaudruz 1735-1797 1748-1797 PlM previously in Dutch service
Albrecht of Anhalt 1735-1802 1752-1800 PlM previously in service in Hessen
August Christian von Anhalt-Koethen 1769-1812 1798-1812 RAO , SAO, WAO
Ferdinand of Anhalt-Koethen 1769-1830 1786-1830 PlM, SAO, EK2, CO, OGV F.
Ludwig I of Baden 1763-1830 1787 (?) - 1793 SAO, OZL , EO, KSO, HO, BTE initially a good relationship with Napoleon
Ehrenreich Wilhelm Gottlieb von Besser 1740-1807 1756-1806 PlM
Karl Anton von Bila 1741-1820 1755-1813 PlM
Rudolf Ernst von Bila 1743-1808 1759-1808 PlM
Johann Eberhard Ernst Herwarth von Bittenfeld 1753-1833 1773 (?) - 1815 EK on the white ribbon
Wilhelm Johann Maria von Blumenstein 1768-1835 1792-1821 PlM, RAO3, EK2 in French service until the French Revolution
Ernst Friedrich von Bockelberg 1727-1796 1743-1796 PlM
Carl Andreas von Boguslawski 1758-1817 1776-1817 PlM
Philipp Julius Leopold von Boineburg and Lengsfeld 1738-1816 1748-1804 PlM
Bogislav Ernst von Bonin 1727-1797 before 1758-1794
Otto Heinrich Friedrich von Borch 1723-1799 1740-1794 PlM
Karl von Borcke 1776-1830 1790-1830 PlM, EK1, SO, OHW until 1817 part of the occupation forces in France
Karl August Joseph Friedrich von Bose 1763-1826 1815-1825 MHO, RAO1 previously in Saxon service
Hermann von Boyen 1771-1848 1784-1848 PlM, RAO1, SAO, ONL , GO, SO, EK1 F , two-time Prussian war minister , military reformer, wounded near Auerstedt
Friedrich Wilhelm of Braunschweig 1771–1815 ( † Quatre-Bras ) 1789-1815 As the founder of the black crowd, a leading figure in the wars of liberation
Christian Wilhelm von Chlebowsky 1755-1807 1767-1807 PlM, RAO1 Died of exhaustion
Franz Peter von Cornerut 1734-1808 1754-1808 For surrender to a court martial
Carl Adolf von Carlowitz 1771-1837 1815-1837 MHO, OEK1, OHA , RAO1 F , previously fought for Russia and Saxony,
Carl von Clausewitz 1780-1831 1792-1831 RAO2, OHW, OHA , OHG important military theorist, meanwhile in Russian service, signatory of the Convention of Tauroggen , one year in captivity
Daniel Ludwig of Crousaz 1746-1811 1766-1800 PlM previously in Sardinian service
Johann Georg Ferdinand von Damm 1717-1797 1736-1797 PlM
Johann Anton von Dessaunieres 1731-1802 1761-1802 PlM previously in French and Dutch service
August von Dohna-Lauck 1728-1796 1744-1796
Wilhelm Ludwig Viktor Henckel von Donnersmarck 1775-1849 1789-1849 F , commander of the occupation forces
Karl von Esebeck 1745-1809 1760-1808 PlM
Christian Moritz Alexander von Frankenberg and Ludwigsdorf 1732-1794 1749-1794 PlM
Friedrich Wilhelm Leopold by Gaudi 1765-1823 1779-1819 PlM, RAO1, EK2 Governor General of Silesia
Karl August von Greiffenberg 1738–1807 ( ‡ Auerstedt ) 1756-1807
Karl Georg Albrecht Ernst von Hake 1769-1835 1785-1833 PlM, RAO1, SAO, OHA , MMTO later Minister of War
Gottfried Ernst Sigismund wooden shoe maker from Harrlach 1750-1816 1767-1816 wounded near Auerstedt
Philip of Ivernois 1754-1813 1786-1813 PlM previously in Swiss service
Friedrich Wilhelm von Jagow 1771-1857 1785-1836 PlM, EK1, SAO, RAO1 a few months in captivity
Bernhard Friedrich Moritz Joseph von Jechner 1750-1821 1763-1815 PlM active in military reform
Karl August Adolf von Krafft 1764-1840 1778-1832 PlM, EK1, ♣ RAO1, ♣ RAO2, RAO3, SAO, OHA1
Wilhelm von Krauseneck 1774-1850 1791-1848 ÖkLO , HGL, RAO1, ANO, SO, OHA , EK1, SAO furthermore military cartographer and geodesist
Gustav von Kessel 1760-1827 1776-1827 EK on the white band, ♣ RAO1, ♣ RAO2 lastly commander of the Invalidenhaus in Berlin
Wilhelm von Knobelsdorff 1752-1820 1771-1820 Envoy to The Hague and Constantinople
Johann Friedrich von Krajewski 1742-1807 1756-1807 PlM
Mathias Julius von Laurens 1755–1807 (‡ Defense of Danzig) 1770-1807 PlM previously in Russian service,
Carl Heinrich August von Lindenau 1755-1842 1786-1820 PlM
Friedrich von Lingelsheim 1755-1835 1773-1817 PlM
Karl Friedrich Ludwig von Lobenthal 1766-1821 1780-1821 PlM, RAO2, EK2, HOGL wounded near Leipzig
Michael Heinrich von Losthin 1762-1839 1780-1815 PlM, EK, OHA , SO, RAO2
Carl Friedrich Heinrich von Wylich and Lottum 1767-1841 1784-1809, 1810-1841 PlM, RAO, diamonds for SAO, ÖkLO, VBK (Komtur) Minister in various functions
Ludwig Moritz von Lucadou 1741-1812 1778-1825 Offspring of a French aristocratic family, posthumously unjustly defamed as a coward, previously in Sardinian service
Johann Adolph von Lützow 1748-1819 1762-1813 PlM
Ernst Julius von Magusch 1734-1815 1753-1813 PlM Captured near Weimar in the fourth coalition war
Karl Ludwig von Oppeln-Bronikowski 1766-1842 1778-1821 PlM, EK on the white band, RAO2, RAO3
Georg Dubislav Ludwig von Pirch 1763-1838 1775-1816 PlM, OHA , RAO1, OHG, EL (Grand Officer) Older brother Otto von Pirchs
Otto von Pirch 1765-1824 1775-1815, 1819-1824 PlM, RAO1 reinstated as chief director of the cadet institutions etc.
Bonaventure by Rauch 1740-1814 1761 (?) - 1806 Released without parting in 1806 when he was subsequently house arrested, father of Johann Gustav Georg von Rauch
Kaspar Friedrich von Rentzel 1741-1817 1757-1815 PlM Injured on the treasure in battle
Friedrich Ludwig von Schack 1747-1829 1766-1814 PlM Sentenced to two years imprisonment
Christian Friedrich von Schimonski 1745-1813 1761-1813 PlM Brother Dietrich von Schimonsky
Dietrich Leberecht von Schimonsky 1740-1826 1758–1806 (?) Captured as a prisoner of war at the surrender of Magdeburg, then placed under arrest
Johann Friedrich Wilhelm von Schoeler 1731-1817 1756-1817 PlM (revoked) Disgraced because of Hameln's surrender
Georg Dietrich von Sobbe 1747-1823 1763-1813 PlM In 1774 he was stripped of his nobility
Friedrich Alexander zu Solms-Hohensolms-Lich 1763-1830 1802-1830 RAO1 previously in Dutch service, governor von Berg
Carl August von Stutterheim 1759-1820 1773-1820 ♣ PlM
Ernst Ludwig von Tippelskirch 1774-1840 1794-1840 PlM, EK1, RAO1
Ernst Christian Albert von Tresckow 1760-1831 1782-1825 PlM, RAO
Karl Gottlieb von Tschepe 1740-1826 1755-1806 PlM sentenced to two years imprisonment after the surrender of Magdeburg
Friedrich August Albrecht von Tschirschky 1734-1799 1749-1799 PlM
Ernst Vollrad from Vieregge 1744-1816 1771-1813 PlM previously in service in Brunswick
Georg Ludwig Alexander von Wahlen-Jurgass 1758-1833 1775-1816 PlM, EK1, RAO1, OHW, OHA wounded at Haynau
Johann August Karl zu Wied 1779-1836 1797-1836 SAO, RAO1, HOGL
Karl Heinrich von Zielinski 1772-1817 1791-1871 PlM, EK1, OHA , OHW died of one of the aftermaths of the war

cavalry

Surname Lifetime period of service Awards Remarks
Johann Kasimir von Auer 1736-1809 1754-1807 PlM
Joseph Theodor Sigismund von Baczko 1751-1840 1765-1813 PlM, OHA
Abraham of Bailliodz 1736-1815 1756-1806 PlM
Karl Friedrich Hermann von Beeren 1749-1817 1764-1813 PlM Not used after the Peace of Tilsit
Jakob Friedrich von Berg 1734-1797 1748-1797
Joseph Albrecht Christoph von Bieberstein-Pilchowsky 1730-1815 1757-1797 PlM
Jakob Albrecht von Birkhahn 1733-1801 1751-1796 PlM
Hans Rudolf von Bischoffwerder 1741-1803 1760-1763, 1778-1798 SAO F , meanwhile in Saxon service
Wilhelm von Boeltzig 1755-1834 1772-1808 PlM, RAO1
Hans Friedrich Heinrich von Borstell 1730-1804 1743-1804 RAO1 operated successfully at Pirmasens
Hieronymus von Brückner 1730-1806 1751-1797 PlM
Albert Christian Heinrich von Brühl 1743-1792 1787-1792 previously in Saxon service
Karl Wilhelm von Bünting 1738-1809 1759-1809 PlM wounded near Auerstedt
Karl Wilhelm von Byern 1737-1800 1753-1800 PlM
Karl Friedrich von Corswant 1754-1824 1769-1815 PlM, EK1, OGV, CO F.
Gottlob Karl Ludwig von Corvin-Wiersbitzki 1756-1817 1770-1813 PlM
Georg Ludwig Friedrich von Dalwig 1762-1832 1774-1813 PlM, RAO3
Johann Ehrenreich von Dehrmann 1728-1809 1752-1794 PlM
Philipp Georg von Dietherdt 1741-1807 1757-1807 PlM 1804 Minister of War
Leopold Wilhelm von Dobschütz 1763-1836 1777-1827 EK1, RAO1, SO, OHA , OHW F , later governor of the Rhine Province and Breslau, honorary title: "Held von Dennewitz" and "Liberator of Wittenberg"
Georg Ludwig von Gilsa 1730-1792 1745-1792
Johann Wilhelm von der Goltz 1737-1793 1752-1793 PlM, RAO died of the consequences of an injury while exploring
Karl Franz von der Goltz 1740-1804 1756 (?) - 1770, 1787-1804 PlM, RAO meanwhile in Polish service, later appointed lieutenant general
Leopold Heinrich von der Goltz 1746-1816 1758-1797 RAO received the character of Lieutenant General after retirement
Levin von Heister 1757-1816 1798-1816 PlM, EK2, RAO3, HOGL previously in Hessian and British service, governor between the Rhine and Weser rivers
Karl Friedrich Bernhard Helmuth von Hobe 1765-1822 1788-1822 ♣ PlM, EK1, RAO2, OHW3
Friedrich August Thomas von Heymann 1740-1801 1792-1801 in French service until the Revolution, Prussian envoy in Munich
Levin von Geusau 1734-1808 1752-1808 RAO F , father of General Gustav von Rauch
Heinrich von der Goltz 1775-1822 1787-1822 ♣ PlM, EK1, EK2, RAO1, OHW, MMJO later ambassador to France
Friedrich von Kall 1742-1809 1762-1807 PlM, RAO in French service until the battle of Rossbach
Andreas Georg Friedrich von Katzler 1764-1834 1776-1827 PlM, OHW, EK1, SO, ♣ RAO1, ♣ RAO2 severe wound in battle near Möckern
Joseph Friedrich Karl von Klüx 1774-1816 1788-1816 PlM, RAO2, EK1
August Friedrich Erdmann von Krafft 1748-1822 1762-1815 PlM
Karl von Massenbach 1752-1821 1769-1810, 1813-1814 PlM
Gottlieb Sigismund Karl Miesitschek von Wischkau 1745-1810 1760-1808 PlM
Adolf Friedrich von Oppen 1762-1834 1772-1811, 1813-1816 PlM, EK1, OHA2, RAO3
Christian Friedrich of the East 1740-1819 1756-1813
Hans Joachim Friedrich von Sydow 1762-1823 1775-1822 PlM, EK2, SO
Gustav von Rauch 1774-1841 1788-1841 PlM, SAO, RAO1, MMJO, OHA later Minister of War
Michael Szabszinski from Rembow 1740-1818 1753-1813 PlM, RAO3, OHA Paid with full salary in 1807
Adrian Gottlieb von Rhein 1745-1805 1788 (?) - 1805 PlM
Friedrich Erhard von Röder 1768-1834 1781-1832 PlM, RAO1, Knights of the EL, MMTO excelled at Waterloo
Heinrich Dietrich Christoph von Roeder 1742-1831 1758-1813
Karl Alexander Wilhelm von Treskow 1764-1823 1778-1815 PlM, EK1
Heinrich von Zawadzky 1758-1820 1774-1810, 1813-1815 RAO3
Hans Ernst Karl von Zieten 1770-1848 1786–1848 at the latest ♣ PlM, EK1, SAO, RAO1, Knight OB , SSO , ANO Commander in Chief of the Prussian Occupation Corps

artillery

Surname Lifetime period of service Awards Remarks
Karl Philipp von Anhalt 1732-1806 1756-1795 PlM
Christoph Karl Friedrich von Bardeleben 1727-1798 1748-1794 Sentenced to four weeks' arrest for negligence
Karl Friedrich von Holtzendorff 1764-1828 1778-1828 ♣ PlM, ♣ RAO1, RAO2, SO, EK1 wounded at Ligny
Joachim Friedrich Wilhelm Neander von Petersheiden 1743-1817 1762-1814 PlM, RAO3 Inspector
Johann Christian von Pontanus 1742-1813 1762-1813 PlM President of the Artillery Examination Commission
Wilhelm Ludwig von Puttkamer 1739-1820 1761-1809 PlM initially in Dutch service
Joachim Friedrich Wilhelm von Oppen 1747-1815 1763-1815 RAO3, OHA President of the Artillery Examination Commission
Heinrich Otto von Scheel 1745-1808 1787 (?) - 1808 previously in Danish service
Johann Heinrich Otto von Schmidt 1758-1841 1772-1824 PlM, ♣ RAO1, knight of the EL worked in the meantime and afterwards in the War Ministry

Legend

The period of service relates solely to active service in the Prussian army.

† = killed in battle ‡ = died as a result of the wounds from the battle

In order to emphasize the high proportion of Freemasons, these are highlighted in the notes with an " F ".

Awards

Some of the awards were also given before and after the coalition wars. If the expression is unknown, they are written in italics. In the case of distinctions with gradations, the classes are appended in Arabic numerals. Large crosses are shown in bold, oak leaves are marked with a "♣". The abbreviations are as follows:

Prussian

russian

Austrian

Bavarian

Baden

Awards from other German principalities

british

Swedish

Further

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