Emil von Pfuhl

Lieutenant General Emil Karl von Pfuhl

Emil Karl Friedrich von Pfuhl (born November 13, 1821 in Jästersheim , † July 4, 1894 in Breslau ) was a Prussian lieutenant general .

Life

origin

Emil of Friedrichsdorfer line came in the Mark Brandenburg Switzerland -based noble family of Pfuel . He was the son of the Prussian major general August von Pfuhl (1794–1874) and his wife Pauline, née Freiin von Stosch (1804–1871).

Military career

Pfuhl visited the cadet houses in Kulm and Berlin . In 1839 he was transferred to the 4th Cuirassier Regiment of the Prussian Army as a second lieutenant . In 1849, during the suppression of the Baden Revolution , he took part in the battle near Ladenburg and the siege of Rastatt . From 1849 to 1850 Pfuhl was promoted to Prime Lieutenant in 1853 and to Rittmeister in 1856 as adjutant of the Rastatt governorate . From 1854 to 1859 Pfuhl was leader of the 2nd Squadron ( Münster ) in the 4th Heavy Landwehr Reiter Regiment, in 1859 he became its chief . In 1864 Pfuhl and his squadron took part in the campaign against Denmark as a staff guard at the headquarters of Field Marshal Friedrich von Wrangel . He was involved in the battles at Ober-Selk, Gudsoe and Friderica as well as in the assault on the Düppeler Schanzen and was awarded the Order of the Red Eagle, 4th class with swords , for his behavior . In the same year, Pfuhl advanced to major . As a staff officer assigned to the Cuirassier Regiment No. 6 , Pfuhl fought with the 1st Cavalry Division in the campaign against Austria in the Battle of Königgrätz in 1866 and in 1867 was entrusted with the management of the Cuirassier Regiment No. 2 in Pasewalk under position à la suite of the same. In the same year he became regiment commander and in 1870/71 led his regiment as a colonel in the battles at Colombey and Beaune-la-Rolande . For Gravelotte he was awarded the Iron Cross 2nd class. Pfuhl was involved in the sieges of Metz and Thionville and fought in the battles of Château de Meslay, Dancé, Vendôme, St. Amand, Villeporcher and Château Renault.

After the peace treaty, Pfuhl was a member of a commission for changing the clothing and equipment of the cavalry from the end of February to the end of April 1872. On August 16, 1873 he was commanded to lead the 5th Cavalry Brigade . Under position à la suite of the Cuirassier Regiment No. 2 and left in his command, he was appointed commander of the 22nd Cavalry Brigade in Kassel on October 16, 1873 . On November 25, 1873, he took up his post in Kassel and was promoted to major general on October 27, 1874. With the award of the Red Eagle Order II. Class with Oak Leaves and Swords, Pfuhl was put up for disposal on September 15, 1877 with the statutory pension . On November 10, 1881, he received the character of lieutenant general.

Pfuhl died on July 4th, 1894 and was buried on July 7th in the military cemetery in Breslau. He was a legal knight of the Order of St. John .

family

Pfuhl married on October 9, 1859 in Celle Hedwig Karoline Freiin von Rössing (1834-1880). She was a daughter of the Hanover State Minister August von Rössing (1799-1870). After her death, he married Eveline Freiin von Richthofen (1849–1928), sister of the later President of the Province of East Prussia , Hugo Samuel von Richthofen, in Liegnitz on August 21, 1881 . The marriages were childless.

literature

• Kurt von Priesdorff : Soldier leadership . Volume 9, Hanseatische Verlagsanstalt Hamburg, undated [Hamburg], undated [1941], DNB 986919780 , pp. 343-345, no. 2922.
• Bogislav von Kleist: The Royal Prussian. Generals from 1840–1894. No. 1308.
• Georg von Albedyll: History of the Cuirassier Regiment No. 2. No. 1308.
• Genealogical paperback of the knights and Noble families. 1880. Volume five, p. 326.

Individual evidence

1. ^ History of the Praetorius von Richthofen family, p.146