Friedrich August Peter von Colomb

Friedrich August Peter von Colomb (19 June 1775[1] – 12 November 1854) was a Prussian general.

Colomb joined the Zieten Hussars in Berlin in 1792 and became a second lieutenant of the King's own Hussarregiment von Rudorff in 1797.

On 20 May 1813 he commanded a unit of 90 volunteers, who managed to conquer 20 French cannons and take 400 prisoners near Zwickau.

On 20 October 1823 he joined the Prussian War Département and became the commander of the 12th Cavalry-Brigade in Neiße, now a Majorgeneral.

Colomb commanded the Prussian forces throughout the Greater Poland Uprising (1848)[2][3] and was retired on 7 July 1849 with the promotion to a General der Kavallerie.

Colomb-stone near Zwickau
Fort Colomb, part of the Prussian Fortification of Posen