Alexander Rüstow (soldier)

Alexander Rüstow
Born	(1824-10-13)13 October 1824 Brandenburg, Kingdom of Prussia
Died	25 July 1866(1866-07-25) (aged 41)
Allegiance	Prussia
Service / branch	Prussian Army
Battles / wars	Austro-Prussian War
Relations	Wilhelm Rüstow (brother) Cäsar Rüstow (brother)

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.

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

External links

• About his life (in German)