The VIII Army Corps was a mixed corps of the army of the German Confederation, which was made up of contingents from Württemberg, Baden and Hesse. Until 1830 contingents from Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen,
1st (Württ.) Division of the VIII Army Corps in 1866
2. (Bad.) Division of the VIII Army Corps in 1866
3rd (Hess.) Division of the VIII Army Corps in 1866
4th (Combined) Division of the VIII Army Corps in 1866
Battle of Gerchsheim
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The Battle of Gerchsheim was an artillery battle during the Austro-Prussian War as part of the Campaign of the Main on July 25, 1866, between the Prussian Alliance and the German Federal Army.
VIII Army Corps (German Confederation)
…the Campaign of the Main was doomed to failure from the start and the battles of Frohnhofen, Aschaffenburg, Hundheim, Tauberbischofsheim, Werbach, and Gerchsheim were merely an accompaniment to the efforts already initiated everywhere to establish a cease-fire, with each of the central powers only pursuing its…
Artillery battle near Gerchsheim on July 25, 1866