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Karl Friedrich Wilhelm
Leopold August Graf von Werder
(12.09.1808 - 12.09.1887)
place of birth: Norkitten, Ostpreußen
(East Prussia)
Königreich
Preußen: KG,
General der Infanterie
August Graf von Werder began his military career in 1825 when
he joined the Gardes du Corps Regiment in Potsdam. As a young
lieutenant volunteer, von Werder took part in the 1842-43 Russian
campaign in the Caucasus and then returned to Germany to serve at Great
General Staff headquarters in Berlin. During the Austro-Prussian
War of 1866, von Werder was charged with commanding the 3rd
Infantry Division which saw action at Gitschin and Königgrätz.
The Franco-Prussian War of 1870-71 saw
General von Werder placed in command of both the occupational troops in
Strasbourg, Alsace, as well as the XIV. Army Corps. Following the war
in France, he returned to celebrate his 50th year of military service
in 1875 and was later ennobled as Graf (Count) von Werder. General Graf
von Werder died in September 1887 at Gut Grüssow in Belgard, Pomerania.
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