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Julius Stahel

Julius H. Stahel-Számwald
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Born (1825-11-05)November 5, 1825
Szeged, Hungary
Died December 4, 1912(1912-12-04) (aged 87)
New York City, New York
Place of burial Arlington National Cemetery
Allegiance Austrian Empire
Hungary
United States of America
Union
Service/branch Austrian Army
1848as zaszlo.png Hungarian Revolutionary Army
United States Army
Union Army
Years of service 1848as zaszlo.png Hungarian Revolutionary Army 1848-1849
United States Army 1861–1865
Rank First Lieutenant (Austria)
First Lieutenant (Hungary)
Union Army major general rank insignia.svg Major General (USV)
Commands held 8th New York Infantry Regiment
1st Bde, 1st Div, I Corps
1st Div, XI Corps
Stahel's Cavalry Division
Battles/wars

Hungarian Revolution of 1848
American Civil War

Awards Medal of Honor

Hungarian Revolution of 1848
American Civil War

Julius H. Stahel-Számwald (November 5, 1825 – December 4, 1912) was a Hungarian soldier who emigrated to the United States and became a Union general in the American Civil War. After the war, he served as a U.S. diplomat, a mining engineer, and a life insurance company executive. He received the Medal of Honor for gallantry in action at the Battle of Piedmont in 1864.

Stahel was born in Szeged, Hungary, 200 km southeast of Budapest. After schooling in Szeged and Budapest, he entered the Austrian Army, rising to the rank of lieutenant. Stahel joined the movement for Hungarian independence led by Lajos Kossuth during the Revolution of 1848. He served on the staffs of Gen. Artúr Görgey and Gen. Richard Debaufre Guyon. When the Hungarian uprising against the Habsburg dynasty was put down in 1849, he fled to Prussia and then to England before migrating to the United States in 1859. Until the outbreak of the American Civil War, he worked for Deutsche illustrirte Familienblätter, a German-language newspaper in New York City.


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