Otto Friedrich Ferdinand von Görschen [SEP] place of death
Otto Friedrich Ferdinand von Görschen
Otto Friedrich Ferdinand von Görschen (April 12, 1824 in Neuruppin – June 8, 1875 in Eberswalde) was a Royal Prussian lieutenant colonel and highly decorated war hero of the 19th century.
Military career and merits.
Much like his father lieutenant colonel August Friedrich von Görschen (1794−1866), Otto Friedrich Ferdinand von Görschen firstly took up a career as a commissioned officer in the 24th regiment in the German infantry from the 6th Division, and was promoted there in 1864 to the position of
He was a successful commander during the War of the First Coalition in the region of Piemont in the Battle of Rivoli 1797 and also during the War of the Second Coalition around Taufers (South Tyrol), Susch (Engadin) and in the Battle of Novi in 1799 against Napoleon Bonaparte’s army.
- Karl Heinrich von Görschen (1784–1860), Privy councillor of the Aachen government
- Otto Friedrich Ferdinand von Görschen (1827–1875), Royal Prussian lieutenant colonel and highly decorated war hero; instrumental in the Second Schleswig War