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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