This document provides an organizational overview of the Prussian Army of the Main and 2nd Reserve Army Corps in July 1866. It lists the divisions, brigades, regiments, and battalions that comprised each corps, along with troop counts and commanders. Artillery, cavalry, engineer, and medical units attached to each formation are also specified. The army corps were led by General von Falckenstein and Grand Duke Franz of Mecklenburg-Schwerin respectively and consisted of both regular army and reserve landwehr units from Prussia and other German states.
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Order of battle for the Prussian Army of the Main 1866
This document provides an organizational overview of the Prussian Army of the Main and 2nd Reserve Army Corps in July 1866. It lists the divisions, brigades, regiments, and battalions that comprised each corps, along with troop counts and commanders. Artillery, cavalry, engineer, and medical units attached to each formation are also specified. The army corps were led by General von Falckenstein and Grand Duke Franz of Mecklenburg-Schwerin respectively and consisted of both regular army and reserve landwehr units from Prussia and other German states.
This document provides an organizational overview of the Prussian Army of the Main and 2nd Reserve Army Corps in July 1866. It lists the divisions, brigades, regiments, and battalions that comprised each corps, along with troop counts and commanders. Artillery, cavalry, engineer, and medical units attached to each formation are also specified. The army corps were led by General von Falckenstein and Grand Duke Franz of Mecklenburg-Schwerin respectively and consisted of both regular army and reserve landwehr units from Prussia and other German states.
** As of 20 July the 8th Hussars were under the direct control of the divisional commander and GN v. Tresckow lead a combined reserve brigade formed by the l9th Infantry Regiment, 4th Cui- rassiers, and the 3rd Horse Battery, 7th Artillery Regiment.
*** As of 20 July + As of 26 July ++ As of 27 July # The l9th Infantry was later transfered to von Tresckow's combined brigade and in its place the 32nd Infantry from Glmer's Brigade.
German Ground Forces of World War II: Complete Orders of Battle for Army Groups, Armies, Army Corps, and Other Commands of the Wehrmacht and Waffen SS, September 1, 1939, to May 8, 1945