Alexander Rüstow (soldier)

Alexander Rüstow (October 13, 1824 – July 25, 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 Rustow

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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