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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 Prussian 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 Prussia's 3.
Infanterie-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
Straßburg, Alsace, as well as the XIV. Armee-Korps. Following the war
in France, he returned to celebrate his 50th year of military service
in 1875 and was decorated with Prussia's highest order of chivalry, the
Schwarzer Adler-Orden (Order of the Black Eagle.) He 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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