Ludwig von Salmuth

Ludwig Karl Friedrich Freiherr von Salmuth (born August 1, 1821 in Ballenstedt , † January 23, 1903 in Charlottenburg ) was a Prussian general of the cavalry .

Life

origin

Ludwig was the eldest son of Anhalt secret Legationsrat Ludwig von Salmuth (1791-1863) and his first wife, Emilie, born of Seelhorst (1798-1826).

Military career

Salmuth graduated from high school in the monastery of Our Dear Women in Magdeburg and joined the 9th Infantry Regiment of the Prussian Army on March 1, 1840 . When Portepeefähnrich was transferred to the 10th Hussar Regiment on December 11, 1840 , he was promoted to redundant second lieutenant at the end of September 1841 and was assigned at the end of June 1845. In 1847 Salmuth took part in the French army in Algeria in the campaign against the insurgent Kabyle . After his return he was assigned to the teaching cadron from October 1848 to May 1849 and from November 1849 to the military riding school in Schwedt / Oder for two years . On January 11, 1853 he was appointed adjutant of the 7th Cavalry Brigade . Left in this command, Salmuth was transferred to the 8th Hussar Regiment on April 12, 1853 . On February 7, 1854 he became adjutant of the 7th Division , rose to Premier Lieutenant in early June 1854 and received the Knight's Cross, 2nd class of the House Order of Albrecht the Bear , on June 5, 1855 . On August 11, 1857, he was commanded to be Rittmeister and at the end of October 1857 as squadron leader in the 8th Landwehr Hussar Regiment. From October 12, 1858 to March 11, 1859 he was squadron chief in the 8th Hussar Regiment and was then transferred to the Guard Cuirassier Regiment in the same activity . From there, on May 22, 1860, he was commanded as a squadron leader in the combined Guard Dragoon Regiment, from which the 2nd Guard Dragoon Regiment was formed on July 1, 1860 . Here Salmuth was squadron chief until June 24, 1864, was then adjutant at the General Command of the Guard Corps and promoted to major on March 22, 1866 .

During the war against Austria in 1866 Salmuth took part in the battles near Nachod , Soor , Königinhof and Königgrätz . For his work he was awarded the Order of the Red Eagle, IV class with swords, on September 20, 1866, and on October 30, 1866, he was promoted to a regular staff officer in the 2nd Guards Dragoon Regiment. He came on April 25, 1868 as a commander in the Pomeranian Hussar Regiment No. 5 , where he was promoted to lieutenant colonel on June 18, 1869 . On September 11, 1869 he received the Crown Order III. Class. During the war against France he fought at Sedan , Orléans , Beaugency , Le Mans as well as Chatelet, Petit Bicetre , Marolles, Artenay, Coulmiers and Meung. For Chatelet he received the Iron Cross II. Class and on December 31, 1870 for Orléans the Cross I Class. He was also awarded the Commander-in-Chief of the Bavarian Military Merit on May 20, 1871 . Due to his poor health, Salmuth was given a six-week vacation to Bad Wildbad .

After his return he was promoted to colonel on August 18, 1871 and was awarded the Mecklenburg Military Merit Cross. In position à la suite of his regiment, he was appointed commander of the 7th Cavalry Brigade on June 15, 1875, and promoted to major general on May 30, 1876. On October 18, 1881, he was given the command of the 7th Division , confirmed as commander on March 22, 1882, and at the same time promoted to lieutenant general. On May 11, 1882, Salmuth was given responsibility for training the cavalry of the IV Army Corps . Under awarded the Red Eagle, First Class with oak leaves and swords on rings Salmuth was on 2 July 1887 board for disposition made. After his departure, he received the character of General of the Cavalry on January 23, 1895 . He died on January 23, 1903 in Charlottenburg.

family

Salmuth married on April 23, 1848 in Briesen near Friesack Bernhardine von Bredow (1825-1900), a sister of Lieutenant General Adalbert von Bredow . The couple had several children:

• Alfred (1849–1870), killed at St. Privat
• Richard (1851–1894), Prussian major, died of appendicitis
• Hans (1855–1932), Prussian colonel, legal knight of the Order of St. John ⚭ 1890 Clara Colsmann (* 1872)
• Arthur (1861–1937), police chief, legal knight of the Order of St. John ⚭ Else Rietschel (* 1872)
• Agnes (1865–1870), died of diphtheria

literature

• Gothaisches genealogical pocket book of the baronial houses. 1859, p. 699 f. , 1921, p. 804.
• Kurt von Priesdorff : Soldier leadership . Hanseatische Verlagsanstalt Hamburg, undated [Hamburg], undated [1939], DNB 367632829 , Volume 8, pp. 495-497, No. 2722.