Prussian Army l866 Commander-in-Chief: His Majesty the King of Prussia Chief of Staff: General von Moltke Inspector-General of Artillery: Generalleutenant von Hindersin Inspector-General of Engineers: Generalleutnant von Wasserschleben lst Army: HRH Prince Frederick Karl, General der Kavalerie 2nd Corps: Generalleutenant von Schmidt 3rd Division: Generalleutnant von Werder 5th Brigade: Generalmajor von Januschowsky 2nd Infantry Regiment (3) 42nd InfantryRegiment (3) 6th Brigade: Generalmajor von Winterfeld l4th Infantry Regiment (3) 54th Infantry Regiment (3) Pommeranian Rifle Battaion #2 Blücher Hussar Regiment #5 2nd Pioneer Battalion Foot Artillery (4 batteries) 4th Division: Generalleutnant von Herwarth 7th Brigade: Generalmajor von Schlabrendorf 9th Infantry Regiment (3) 49th Infantry Regiment (3) 8th Brigade: Generalmajor von Hanneken 2lst Infantry Regiment (3) 6lst Infantry Regiment (3) Pommeranian Uhlan Regiment #4 Corps Reserve Artillery: 3rd Corps: no commanding officer 5th Division: Generalleutnant von Tümpling 9th Brigade: Generalmajor von Schimmelmann 8th Infantry Regiment (3) 48th Infantry Regiment (3) l0th Brigade: Generalmajor von Kamiensky l2th Infantry Regiment (3) l8th Infantry Regiment (3) lst Brandenburg Uhlan Regiment #3 3rd Pioneer Battaliion 1
6th Division: Generalleutnant von Hamstein llth Brigade: Generalmajor von Gersdorf 35th Infantry Regiment (3) 60th Infantry Regiment (3) l2th Brigade: Generalmajor von Kotze 24th Infantry Regiment (3) 64th Infantry Regiment (3) Brandenburg Dragoon Regiment #2 3rd Jäger Battalion s (2) 4th Corps: none assigned 7th Division: Generalleutnant von Fransecky l3th Brigade: Generalmajor von Schwarzhoff 26th Infantry Regiment (3) 66th Infantry Regiment (3) l4th Brigade: Generalmajor von Gordon 27th Infantry Regiment (3) 67th Infantry Regiment (3) Magdeburg Hussar Regiment #l0 4th Pioneer Battalion 8th Division: Generalleutnant von Horn l5th Brigade: Generalmajor von Bose 3lst Infantry Regiment (3) 7lst Infantry Regiment (3) l6th Brigade: Generalmajor von Schmidt 72nd Infantry Regiment (3) 4th Jäger Battalion Thuringian Uhlan Regiment #6 Army Cavalry Corps: HRH Prinz Albrecht, General der Kavallerie lst Cavalry Division: Generalmajor ovn Albensleben lst Heavy Brigade: Generalmajor HRH Prinz Albrecht (brigade & horse battery attached to Guard Corps of 2nd Army) Garde du Corps Guard Cuirassier Regiment 2nd Heavy Brigade: Generalmajor von Pfuel Brandenburg Cuirassier Regiment #6 Magdeburg Cuirassier Regiment #7 lst Light Brigade: Generalmajor von Rheinbaben lst Guard Dragon Regiment lst Guard Uhlan Regment 2nd Guard Uhlan Regment 2 Horse Batteries 2
Corpsman section 2nd Cavalry Division: Generalmajor Hann von Weyhern 2nd Light Brigade: Generalmajor Duke Wilhelm von Mecklenburg Schwerin 2nd Guard Dragoon Regiment Brandenburg Hussar Regiment #3 2nd Brandenburg Uhlan Regiment #ll 3rd Light Brigade: Generalmajor Graf Groeben Neumark Dragoon Regiment #3 Thuringian Hussar Regiment #l2 3rd Heavy Breigade: Generalmajor von der Glotz Köningin Cuirassier Regiment #2 2nd Pommeranian Hussar Regiment #9 2 Horse Batteries Cavalry Corps Reserve Artillery l Horse Battery lst Army Artillery Reserve: l6 Batteries 2nd Army: HRH Erbprinz von Preussen lst Corps: General von Bonin lst Division: Generalleutnant von Grossman lst Brigade: Generalmajor von Pape lst Infantry Regiment (3) 4lst Infantry Regiment (3) 2nd Brigade: Generalmajor von Barnekow 3rd Infantry Regiment (3) 43rd Infantry Regiment (3) Lithuanian Dragoon Regiment #1 lst Jäger Battalion 2nd Division: Generalleutnant von Clausewitz 3rd Brigade: Generalmajor von Malotki 4th Infantry Regiment (3) 44th Infantry Regiment (3) 4th Brigade: Generalmajor von Buddenbrock 5th Infantry Regiment (3) 45th Infantry Regiment (3) lst Royal Hussar Regiment #l lst Pioneer Battalion Corps Cavalry Reserve Brigade: Oberst von Bredow East Prussian Cuirassier Regiment #3 East Prussian Uhlan Regiment #8 Lithuanian Uhlan Regiment #l2 l Horse Battery Corps Reserve Artillery: 3
7 Foot Batteries 5th Corps: General von Steinmetz 9th Division: Generalleutnant von Kleist l7th Brigade: Generalmajor von Löwenfeld 37th Infantry Regiment (3) 58th Infantry Regiment (3) l8th Brigade: Generalmajor von Horn 7th Infantry Regiment (3) 5th Jäger Battalion lst Silesian Dragoon Regiment #4 l0th Division: Generalleutnant von Kirchbach l9th Brigade: Generalmajor von Tiedemann 6th Infantry Regiment (3) 46th Infantry Regiment (3) 20th Brigade: Generalmajor Wittich 47th Infantry Regiment (3) 52nd Infantry Regiment (3) 5th Pioneer Battalion West Prussian Uhlan Regiment #l Corps Reserve Artillery: 7 Foot Batteries 6th Corps: General von Mitius llth Division: Generalleutnant von Zastrow 2lst Brigade: Generalmajor von Hanenfeldt l0th Infantry Regiment (3) 50th Infantry Regiment (3) 22nd Brigade: Generalmajor von Hoffman 38th Infantry Regiment (3) 5lst Infantry Regiment (3) Silesian Pioneer Battaliion 2nd Silesian Dragoon Regiment #8 3 Foot Batteries l2th Division: Generalleutnant von Prondzinsky Combined Brigade: Generalmajor von Kranach 22nd Infantry Regiment (3) 23rd Infantry Regiment (3) 2nd Silesian Hussar Regiment #6 6th Jäger Battalion 2 Foot Batteries Reserve Cavarly: lst Silesian Hussar Regiment #4 4
Note: Two infantry regiments of the l2th Division were detached: the 63rd to garrison Niesse, the 62nd to the command of General von Knobelsdorf, who protected Silesia at Ratibor, and to whom the Silesian Uhlans and one battery were attached. Three batteries were with General Manteuffel. Guard Corps: Prinz August von Württemberg lst Guard Division: Generalleutnant Hiller von Gärtringen lst Guard Brigade: Oberst von Obernitz lst Guard Infantry Regiment (3) 3rd Guard Infantry Regiment (3) 2nd Guard Brigade: Generalmajor von Albensleben 2nd Guard Infantry Regiment (3) Guard Fusilier Regiment (3) Guard Hussar Regiment Guard Jägers 2nd Guard Division: Generalleutnant von Plonski 3rd Guard Brigade: Generalmajor von Budritzki Kaiser Alexander Grenadier Regiment (3) 3rd Guard Grenadier Regiment (3) 4th Brigade: Generalmajor von Loen Kaizer Franz Grenadier Regiment (3) 4th Guard Grenadier Regiment (3) 3rd Guard Uhlan Regiment Guard Schützen Battalion Corps Reserve Artillery: 5 Foot Batteries Note: The 4th Guard Regiment was retained in Berlin and later send to the 2nd Reserve Corps. 2nd Army Reserve Cavalry Corps: Generalmajor von Hartmann Cuirassier Brigade: Generalmajor von Schoen West Prussian Cuirassier Regiment #5 Light Brigade: Generalmajor von Witzleben Posen Uhlan Regiment #l0 2nd Royal Hussar Regiment #2 Landwehr Brigade: Generalmajor von Frankenberg 2nd Landwehr Hussar Regiment lst Landwehr Uhlan Regiment 2 Horse Batteries Army of the Elbe: General von Herwarth l4th Division: Generalleutnant Graf Münster 27th Brigade: Generalmajor von Schwarzkoppen l6th Infantry Regiment (3) 56th Infantry Regiment (3) 28th Brigade: Generalmajor von Hiller l7th Infantry Regiment (3) 5
57th Infantry Regiment (3) Westphalian Dragoon Regiment #7 7th Jäger Battalion 7th Pioneer Battalion (2 cos) l5th Division: Generalleutnant von Canstein 29th Brigade: Generalmajor von Stückradt 40th Infantry Regiment (3) 65th Infantry Regiment (3) 30th Brigade: Generalmajor von Glasenapp 28th Infantry Regiment (3) 68th Infantry Regiment (3) Royal Hussar Regiment #7 8th Pionerr Battalion l6th Division: Generalleutnant von Etzel 3lst Brigade: Generalmajor von Schöler 29th Infantry Regiment (3) 69th Infantry Regiment (3) Fusilier Brigade: Oberst Wegerer 33rd Infantry Regiment (3) 34th Infantry Regiment (3) 8th Jäger Battalion 2 Foot Batteries l4th Cavarly Brigade: Generalmajor Graf Glotz Westphalian Uhlan Regiment #5 2nd Westphalian Hussar Regiment #ll Reserve Cavalry Brigade: Generalmajor von Kotze Rhenish Cuirassier Regiment #8 Rhenish Uhlan Regiment #7 Pommeranian Landwehr Reiter Regiment l Horse Battery Reserve Artillery 7th Corps: 6 Batteries Reserve Artillery 8th Corps: 7 Batteries lst Reserve Corps: Generalleutnant von der Mülbe Guard Landwehr Division: General von Rosenberg lst Landwehr Brigade: lst Guard Landwehr Regiment (3) 2nd Guard Landwehr Regiment (3) 2nd Landwehr Brigade: lst Guard Grenadier Landwehr Regiment (3) 2nd Guard Grenadier Landwehr Regiment (3) 6
Combined Landwehr Division: General von Bentheim lst Landwehr Brigade: 9th Landwehr Regiment (3) 2lst Landwehr Regiment (3) 2nd Landwehr Brigade: l3th Landwehr Regiment (3) l5th Landwehr Regiment (3) Landwehr Cavalry Regiment: Generalmajor Graf Dohna 6 Landwehr Cavarly Regiments Corps Artillery: Reserve Artillery Regiment 9 Reserve Batteries Army of the Maine: General Vogel von Falckenstein l3th Division: Generalleutnant von Goeben 25th Brigade: Generalmajor von Kummer l3th Infantry Regiment (3) 53rd Infantry Regiment (3) 26th Brigade: Generalmajor von Wrangel l5th Infantry Regiment (3) 55th Infantry Regiment (3) 7th Pioneer Battalion (2 cos) l3th Cavalry Brigade: Westphalian Cuirassier Regiment #4 lst Westphalian Hussar Regiment #8 Artillery: 6 Foot Batteries Combined Division: Generalmajor von Beyer l9th Infantry Regiment (3) 20th Infantry Regiment (3) 32nd Infantry Regiment (3) 39th Infantry Regiment (3) Hesse-Kassel Garrison: 30th Infantry Regiment (3) 70th Infantry Regiment (3) 2nd Rhenish Hussar Regiment #9 3 Foot Batteries Combined Division: Generalleutnant von Manteuffel lst Combined Brigade: Generalmajor von Freyhold 25th Infantry Regiment (3) 36th Infantry Regiment (3) 2nd Combined Brigade: Generalmajor von Korth llth Infantry Regiment (3) 59th Infantry Regiment (3) Cavalry Brigade: Generalmajor von Files Rhenish Dragoon Regiment #5 Magdeburg Dragoon Regiment #6 Lippe Infantry (l bn) Coburg-Gotha Infantry (2 bns) 5 4th Battalions 9th Jäger Battalion 7
3 newly raised Landwehr Cavalry Regiments Hanseatic Brigade: 9 Battalinos 3 Squadrons 2 Batteries 2nd Reserve Corps: HRH Herzog von Mecklenburg-Schwerin Mecklenburg Division: 5 Infantry Battalions 4 Cavalry Squadrons 2 Batteries Combined Prussian Division: l6 Infantry Battalions 2 Anhalt Infantry Battalions 2 Reserve Landwehr Cavalry Regiments 8 Batteries von Wright, Colonel, The Campaign of l866 in Germany, as compiled by the Department of Military History of the Prussian Staff, Her Majesty's Stationary Office, London, l872. 8