Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Ferdinand Bauer ya shiga makarantar injiniya ta Imperial da Royal a 1836, an ba shi izini a matsayin mai kula da aikin injiniya a 1841, kuma an sanya shi cikin aiki a matsayin Hauptmann a 1848. A 1849 ya yi yaƙi ga Habsburgs a cikin
Juyin juya halin Hungary. An daukaka shi zuwa Manjo a shekara ta 1859 kuma ya yi yaƙi a matsayin kwamandan brigade a Yaƙin Italiya na Uku na 'Yancin kai.