Austro-Prussian War Johann Heinrich August Heros von Borcke (July 23, 1835 – May 10, 1895) was a Prussian cavalry officer and writer.

Garde-Landwehr-Kavallerieregiment (mobilized during the Second Italian War of Independence) and returned to active duty from 1859 to 1862 in the 5th Squadron of the 2d Brandenburg Dragoons (Brandenburgisches Dragoner-Regiment Nr.

He was given the rank of captain in the Provisional Army of the Confederate States on June 1 of that year and assigned to Major-General J. E. B. Stuart by the order of Secretary of War George W.

Heros von Borcke, a Prussian cavalry officer, who lately ran the blockade, assigned me by the honorable Secretary of War, joined in the charge of the First Squadron in gallant style, and subsequently, by his energy, skill, and activity, won the praise and admiration of all".

He resumed his career and fought in the Austro-Prussian War on the staff of Prince Friedrich Karl of Prussia,[2] receiving the Order of the Red Eagle for his gallantry.

[3] Suffering from war wounds, von Borcke retired from the Prussian Army in 1867 and bought an estate at Sichts (Polish: Żychce).

In between, in 1884, he sailed back to revisit the Southern United States and was reunited with many former comrades and friends, including Wade Hampton, William H. F. Lee, and Matthew C. Butler.

[9] "Johann Heros von Borcke" was played by Matt Lindquist in Gods and Generals, a 2003 American period war drama film based on Jeffrey Shaara's 1996 novel of the same name.