Seven Years' War (1756–1763) military personnel ancestors

[rothaer]

Do you know if you have ancestors that were active as military personnel in the Seven Years' War (1756–1763)?

If so, identify them! I actually found five:

- Johann Christoph Seyffert, cuirassier, Kürassier-Regiment No. 2, Brandenburg,Prussia.
- Johann Ludwig Christoph Seyffert, cuirassier, Kürassier-Regiment No. 2, Brandenburg, Prussia (his son).
- Jeremias Soenel, grenadier, Grenadier-Garde-Bataillon No. 6, Brandenburg, Prussia.
- Christoph Friedrich Vogeler, soldier, Infanterie-Regiment No. 34, Brandenburg Prussia.
- Jochen Friedrich Wilhelms, soldier, Infanterie-Regiment No. 24, Hither Pomerania, Prussia.

Were we enemies or allies?

[Russki]

Were we enemies or allies?

We occupied Berlin briefly, but by the end of the war we joined on the side of Prussia lol

[Peterski]

I actually found five

Where was each of them born?

[rothaer]

Where was each of them born?

- unknown (resided in Kremmen)
- Kremmen
- unknown, likely in Lower Silesia or Saxony (resided in Potsdam)
- Alt Ruppin
- unknown (resided in Schmuggerow)

(In this order.)

[rothaer]

Achtung! All Prussian units had their own exactly defined uniforms. The four mentioned units had these:

Kürassier-Regiment No. 2:



Grenadier-Garde-Bataillon No. 6:



Infanterie-Regiment No. 34:



Infanterie-Regiment No. 24:

[Blondie]

Enemies i think, because they were member of habsburg army.

[rothaer]

Enemies i think, because they were member of habsburg army.

Which can not be critizised, after Prussia here actually was very wrong in it's doings within the German Empire (since robbing Silesia). Even the mightyless imperial Reichsarmee was against Prussia. What was mentally damaging to Germany was that this wrong-doing was later not much condemned, but accepted. So these who blame the "Prussian militarism" for later German wrong doings and unfortunes do have a point there, but it's wrongly labelled. It's not about the Prussian militarism. This might even have culminated with Frederick the Great's father, the Soldatenkönig. He did nothing wrong and was a strict and just ruler, that built up a rather strong army. He used it just once for war. And then came his somewhat decadent son (with some probability a closet homo, after he could not become physical or be together with any woman, but loved the permanent company of various French philosophers) and found this wonderful toy (the Prussian Army) and began to play with it and used it for just attacking an other German state and robbing Silesia. The official pretexts for this are ridiculous and not taken serious by anyone. When got asked himself, why he did this, he answered that he also wanted to be written about in the newspapers. The whole of Germany was shocked by this violation of law and order. Frederick the Great did some internal good things, but to call him "the Great" and adore all his doings was what went very wrong.

Having mostly Prussian ancestors does not bribe my judgement. So I restrict my joy and appreciation to the pure warcraft and performance of these ancestors of mine.

[Russki]