Rageth Abys

Rageth Abys (1790–1861)[1] was a Swiss politician, merchant, and soldier.

He also served as a city councilor from 1846 to 1848 and as deputy minister in 1847.

[2] In 1847, he served as Liberal Grand-Adviser to the Swiss Federal Diet in 1847.

[3] His military record begins with him serving as quartermaster in the Royal Netherlands Swiss Regiment (1815–1822) then as a colonel in the Swiss Federal Office for the War (1826–1831, 1847), and finally as Swiss Federal War Commissar (1847–1861).

[4] He wrote about his service during the Sonderbund War in a memoir entitled "Erinnerungen aus dem Dienste der Kriegsverwaltung bei der eidgenössischen Armee in Feldzuge gegen den Sonderbund" ("Memories from the service of the war administration at the federal army in Feldzuge against the Sonderbund").