Moritz von Hirschfeld, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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German general
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Place of Birth: Halberstadt, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
About Moritz von Hirschfeld
- Karl Ulrich Friedrich Wilhelm Moritz von Hirschfeld (4 July 1790 in Halberstadt – 13 October 1859 in Coblenz), Prussian general, got his schooling in a military academy.
- In 1806, he entered into his father's regiment and participated in the unhappy campaign of that year.
- In 1809, he participated with his older brother Eugen in an uprising against the French occupation forces.
- This ended in their fleeing to England in 1809.
- Both joined the Spanish dragoons in their struggles against the French.
- His brother was killed in battle in 1811.
- Lieutenant Moritz received severe wounds two times in battle, and ended in French captivity.
- He escaped in 1813, under very dangerous circumstances.
- His 15 wounds made him barely recognizable when he received a medal for his actions.
- In 1814 he participated in the campaign in France as a lieutenant colonel in the Spanish army. Hirschfeld returned to the Prussian army in 1815, and in the succeeding peaceful years climbed the ranks in the military.
- 1849 found him commander of the 15th division of the Prussian army under the command of the Prince of Prussia.
- He participated in the battles which drove the rebel army out of the Palatinate and into the arms of the [Baden] forces under Mieroslawski.
- After relieving the Landau fortress, which was in the hands of the officers who had not gone over, he led two divisions against Mieroslawski.
- At Waghäusel, he obligated that numerically far greater force to retreat.
- Then he participated in the battle at the Murg which obligated the rebel army to disperse and resulted in the collapse of the uprising.
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