Gaede was born on 18 February 1852 in the
Kingdom of Prussia. He entered the army in 1870 as a cadet in the
2nd Grenadier Regiment and participated in the
Franco-Prussian War. He was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant on 18 November 1870. Reactivated for World War I; Gaede was Deputy Commander of the
XIV Corps, commanded by . He later got the command of six landwehr regiments which became the Army Detachment Gaede, or Army Detachment B. Gaede lead his troops in defending the upper
Alsace region, however serious illness resulted in Gaede being retired again in September 1916. He died mere weeks later, at the age of 64. ==Awards==