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Civil War Soldiers - Stahel
| Stahel, Julius, major-general, U.S.
Army, also known as Count Sebastiani, was born in Csongrad, Hungary,
Nov. 4, 1825. He received a classical education in his native town and
at Buda-Pesth, and then entered the Austrian army as a private. He had
reached the rank of a commissioned officer when the Hungarian
revolution opened, and he at once resigned and threw in his lot with
his fellow-countrymen. As an aide on the staffs of Gen. Arthur Gorger
and Gen. Richard D. Guyon he rendered brilliant and effective service,
but the Austrian forces finally triumphed and he was forced to flee
the country. He resided for some years in Berlin and London, gaining a
livelihood as a teacher and journalist, and in 1859 he came to the
United States and settled in New York city, where he was the editor of
an eminent and influential weekly German newspaper until 1861. In May,
1861, he entered the Federal army as a volunteer and was made
lieutenant-colonel of the 8th N. Y. infantry. He commanded this
regiment at the first battle of Bull Run and was soon afterward made
its colonel. On Nov. 12, 1861, he was promoted to be brigadier-general
of volunteers and took part in all the earlier battles of the war,
especially distinguishing himself at Cross Keys. He was advanced to be
major-general of volunteers on March 14, 1863, and for some time
commanded a division of the 11th army corps under Gen. Franz Sigel. He
resigned his commission and retired from the army on Feb. 8, 1865, and
early in 1866 was appointed by President Johnson U. S. consul at
Yokohama, Japan, where he remained until poor health compelled his
retirement in 1869. He then returned to the United States, and from
1870 till 1877 he was a successful mining engineer and mine owner in
the Western states. In 1877 he was again appointed consul at Yokohama,
and in March, 1884, was made consul-general at Shanghai, where he
remained until Grover Cleveland became president in 1885. He then
returned to New York city, where he became interested in various
business enterprises. Source: The Union Army: A History of Military Affairs in the Loyal
States 1861-1865, Volume 8 Biographical, 1908
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