1564. August Christian Friedrich von Legat

1564. August Christian Friedrich von Legat 

Born 03/14/1781 in Magdeburg

Son of General Karl Friedrich Ehrhardt

10/04/1793 Cadet in Berlin – 16 September 1797: Ensign in the von Courbière Infantry Regiment (No. 58) - 27 January 1801 Second Lieutenant – 1806/07 Campaign: Skirmish at Christburg (wounded) - Transferred to the 2nd West Prussian Infantry Regiment (No. 7) on January 1, 1808, with a commission on 18 December 1799 -  October 28, 1811: First Lieutenant - 1812 Campaign: Battles at Eckau and Graefenthal - 10/18/1812 Order Pour le Mérite - June 27, 1813 Staff Captain – 1813–15: Campaign: Battles of Gross-Görschen, Dresden, Kulm (Iron Cross, 2nd Class), Leipzig, Laon, Paris; (Russian Order of St. Vladimir (4th Class).

Skirmishes at Danigkow, Bernburg, Nollendorf, and La Fère-Champenoise; sieges of Erfurt, Mézières, and Sedan – September 17, 1813: substantive Captain on the General Staff. 02/10/1815 Major – 12/18/1815 Permission to marry – 01/05/1816 Transferred to the adjutancy – 03/30/1817 Transferred to the 20th Infantry Regiment – ​​07/24/1817 Battalion Commander in the 20th Infantry Regiment – ​​03/30/1824 Lieutenant Colonel with commission dated 04/15/1824 - 

07/21/1825 Member of the General War Department -

March 30, 1829 Colonel – January 18, 1833: Ribbon Order of the Red Eagle, 3rd Class – March 30, 1834: Director of the Potsdam Military Orphanage – May 30, 1836: Brevet rank of Major General – May 15, 1838: Two months' leave on full pay to Franzensbad for health recovery – January 18, 1840: Order of the Red Eagle, 2nd Class with Oak Leaves –

March 30, 1844: Brevet rank of Lieutenant General –  May 11, 1844: A personal, pensionable annual supplement of 400 Thalers from the orphanage fund, in addition to his existing income.

May 25, 1844: Granted a seven-week leave of absence with full pay to visit Franzensbad – March 12, 1846: Awarded the Star of the Order of the Red Eagle, 2nd Class – September 20, 1847: Awarded the Order of the Red Eagle, 1st Class with Oak Leaves, on the occasion of his 50th service anniversary – Died: December 17, 1852, in Potsdam – Married: April 6, 1816, in Hamburg to Josephine Adeline le Daillant de Hautecourt – Born: September 13, 1794, in Kaiserswerth am Rhein .

3054. Philipp Friedrich Theodor Adolph von Feldmann

 3054. Philipp Friedrich Theodor Adolph von Feldmann

Born 08/12/1828 in Hamburg

Father: Berthold Christian, Merchant, died 08/20/1866 in Hamburg, Mother: Marianne Wilhelmine nee Introzzi, died 09/24/1869 in Hamburg 

Intermediate Secondary School and Brigade military school in Oldenburg- 06/06/1842 volunteer in the former Oldenburg-Hanseatic Brigade in Hamburg. Service Record — October 13, 1844: Officer Candidate (with Officer's Knot) - 09/30/1847 Second Lieutenant - 1848 Campaign against Denmark - 08/04/1850 Service in Schleswig-Holstein- 03/15/1851 returned to duty in Hamburg. 03/12/1853 First Lieutenant - 04/07/1857 Captain and Company Commander - 1866 Campaign with the Army of the Main - 09/25/1867 in Prussian service as a captain with commission on 04/07/1857 and aggregated to the Guard Fusilier* Regiment - 03/22/1868 Major - 06/15 to 06/23/1869 detailed to the Replacement Office within the district of the 15th Infantry Brigade - 06/18/1869 Commander of the 1st Battalion - 1870/71 campaign:  Battle of Gravelotte, Beaumont and Sedan**, siege of Paris - 09/04/1870 Iron Cross, 2nd Class - 04/08/1871 Iron Cross, 1st Class - 06/16/1871 advancement to hereditary nobility for his bravery demonstrated in the face of the enemy - 03/22/1873 Lieutenant Colonel - 06/02/1875 assigned with *a la suite* status (“in the entourage of” status) of the 21st Infantry Regiment and entrusted with the command of the regiment.

*a soldier armed with a fusil, a light flintlock musket.

**The Battles of Gravelotte (Aug 18), Beaumont (Aug 30), and Sedan (Sep 1–2) were the decisive, interconnected engagements of the Franco-Prussian War. Together, these three clashes led to the encirclement of France's professional armies, the capture of Emperor Napoleon III, and the ultimate unification of Germany.

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3048. Paul von Zglinicki, Son of General Friedrich Otto Anton Stephan

 3048. Paul von Zglinicki born 03/15/1830 in Possen

Son of General Friedrich Otto Anton Stephan

09/02/1841 Cadet in Potsdam. 07/06/1844 Cadet in Berlin - 04/24/1847 Honorary Ensign with Sword-Knotin the Guard Artillery Brigade - 10/26/1847 Officer Candidate (with Officer's Knot) with commission on 04/22/1847 - 11/01/1847 to 09/30/1850 assigned to the Artillery and Engineering School - 1848 Street Fighting in Berlin - 09/11/1848 Aggregated Second Lieutenant with Commission 0n 09/16/1848 - 10/29/1850 commissioned as an artillery officer - 1853/57 Fireworks Lieutenant - 01/05/1858 First Lieutenant - 02/02/1858 assigned to the 1st Company of the Combined Fortress Artillery Detachment, with *a la suite* status in the Regiment (“in the entourage of” status) - 08/31/1858 Assigned to the 1st Company of the Combined Fortress Artillery Battalion - 08/31/1858 placed at the disposal of the Government of Mainz and assigned to the Imperial and Royal Austrian Artillery Directorate - 02/07/1860 Captain - 06/17/1862 Adjutant to the Inspectorate General of Artillery - 01/16/1866 Battery Commander in the 8th Artillery Brigade commissioned 02/15/1859 - 1866 campaign: Skirmish at Münchengrätz, Battle of Königgrätz - 09/20/1866 Order of the Red Eagle, 4th Class, with Swords - 10/11/1866 Detailed for service with Prince Karl of Prussia - 10/30/1866 *a la suite* status in Field Artillery Regiment No. 8, while retaining his command - 12/20/1866 also a member of the Artillery Testing Commission - 02/16/1867 While retaining his position as Major in Field Artillery Regiment No. 3, appointed Personal Adjutant to Prince Karl of Prussia on February 18, 1868 - 1870/71 Campaign: Battles of Gravelotte, Beaumont and Sedan, occupation of Paris - 02/02/1870 awarded the Iron Cross II, 2nd Class - 09/25/1871 permission to marry - 01/18/1872 Lieutenant Colonel - 10/26/1872 entrusted with the command of Field Artillery Regiment No. 25. with assignment *a la suite* to the same regiment - 11/30/1872 Regimental Commander - 09/19/1874 Colonel - 12/31/1874 Commander of the 1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment - 06/24/1876 Knight of Justice of the Order of St. John - 09/22/1877 *a la suite* status in the regiment commander of the 9th Field Artillery Brigade - December 6, 1880: Major General - 09/16/1881 Order of the Red Eagle, 2nd Class with Oak Leaves and Swords on the ring - 09/27/1883 Inspector of the 1st Field Artillery Inspection - 06/01/1885 Lieutenant General - 01/23/1887 Star of the Order of the Red Eagle, 2nd Class with Oak Leaves and Swords on the ring  10/15/1888 Placed on the retired list with pension, upon conferral of the Order of the Crown, 1st Class - 09/19/1891 Honorary Rank of General of Artillery - Died 02/18/1911 in Dresden - Married: 11/11/1871 in Dresden to Eva Klara Pauline Asta nee Uechtritz at Nieder-Heidersdorf, the divorced Baroness of Sztankoviczt - born 02/20/1846 in Berlin - died 06/26/1912 in the same year - Children: refer to Gotha Patent Nobility 1938, 633, including: Paul born 05/24/1872 in Berlin - Second Lieutenant in Hussar Regiment No. 13.

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