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Gustav
Friedrich Wilhelm von Stiehle
(14.08.1823 - 15.11.1899)
place of birth: Erfurt
Königreich
Preußen: KG,
Generaladjutant SM, General der Infanterie
General von Stiehle served in the Prussian officer corps during the 19th
century and prior to World War One. He grew up in Erfurt and joined the 21. Infanterie-Regiment
in 1840. He attended the Military Academy in Berlin from 1844 to 1847 and was
assigned to the Great General Staff's Trigonometry Section from 1852 to 1855.
After serving as a company commander in the 7. Infanterie-Regiment, Stiehle was charged
with establishing military schools in Potsdam and Neisse, after which
he took over the Military History Department at Great General Staff
Headquarters in Berlin.
Von Stiehle took part in the Danish War of
1864, serving in Generalfeldmarschall von Wrangel's general staff. In 1866, the newly-ennobled von Stiehle saw action in
the Austro-Prussian
War, and during the Franco- Prussian War of
1870-71, he functioned as 2. Armee Chief of General Staff. With
peace at hand, von Stiehle was sent to Great General Staff Headquarters
in Berlin to succeed Kuno Freiherr von der Goltz as Inspector of Jäger
und Schützen. At the rank of General-Lieutenant, Gustav von Stiehle was
selected in 1877 to serve in Kaiser Wilhelm I.'s court as Generaladjutant. He replaced General von Pape as commander of V. Armee-Korps in
Posen from 1881 to 1886. Thereafter, he served as Chief of the
Engineering and Pioneer Corps and was also Inspector General of
Fortresses.
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