Alexander Rüstow (soldier)

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Alexander Rüstow (1824-1866) was a Prussian soldier and military writer.

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Alexander Rüstow the older one

The brother of Friedrich Wilhelm Rüstow and Caesar Rüstow, he is remembered for his work Der Kustenkrieg (Berlin, 1848). Alexander and Caesar both fell on the field of battle in the war of 1866, Alexander at the Battle of Königgratz.