Alexander Rüstow (soldier)

Alexander Rüstow (13 October 1824 – 25 July 1866) was a Prussian soldier and military writer from Brandenburg an der Havel. The brother of Wilhelm Rüstow and Cäsar Rüstow, he is remembered for his work Der Küstenkrieg (Berlin, 1848). Alexander and Cäsar both fell on the field of battle during the 1866 Austro-Prussian War, with Alexander dying at Horitz from wounds sustained in the Battle of Königgrätz.

Alexander Rüstow
Born(1824-10-13)13 October 1824
Brandenburg, Kingdom of Prussia
Died25 July 1866(1866-07-25) (aged 41)
Allegiance Prussia
Service/branch Prussian Army
Battles/warsAustro-Prussian War
RelationsWilhelm Rüstow (brother)
Cäsar Rüstow (brother)

Literature

  • Meyers Lexikon. 1896, Bibliographisches Institut, Leipzig Wien 1896.
  • Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie, 30.Bd. Neudruck der Auflage von 1890, Verlag Duncker und Humblot, 1970 Berlin, S. 37
  • Theodor Fontane: Der Feldzug in Böhmen und Mähren 1866. Verlag der Königlichen Geheimen Ober-Hofbuchdruckerei (R. v. Decker), Berlin, 1871


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