Ernst von Scheliha

Ernst Sylvius Wilhelm von Scheliha (born June 20, 1786 in Perschütz , † May 11, 1856 in Hirschberg ) was a Prussian major general .

Life

origin

He was the son of Karl Friedrich Wilhelm von Scheliha (1756–1793) and his wife Christiane Henriette, born von Ferentheil (1759–1807). His father was a master at Perschütz and Austen and a district deputy . His older brother Karl (1783-1851) also embarked on a military career in the Prussian Army and made it major general.

Military career

Scheliha entered on July 1, 1800 as a private corporal in the infantry regiment "von Müssling" of the Prussian army . There he was promoted to ensign in early November 1805 . In the fourth coalition war , Scheliha was wounded in a battle near Saalfeld . He made the Battle of Jena with and fell by the capitulation of Magdeburg briefly in French captivity . After his release he was initially inactive and on April 24, 1809 he was re-employed in the army as a second lieutenant with a patent from January 22, 1808. He served in the 2nd West Prussian Infantry Regiment until November 29, 1811 and then took his leave, which was granted to him with permission to wear the army uniform.

At the beginning of the wars of liberation against Napoleon , Scheliha was employed again as a staff captain and adjutant in the Silesian Landwehr. He was wounded in the battle of Großgörschen . Scheliha then fought on the Katzbach and received the Russian Order of Saint Anna III for his work in the Battle of Leipzig . Class. In the further course of the war he took part in the Battle of Paris and became captain on March 1, 1815 . On April 22, 1815, Scheliha came as an adjutant to Major General von Losthin , who at that time was brigade chief in the IV Army Corps of the Lower Rhine Army. In this position he took part in the Battle of Waterloo , was wounded again and was awarded the Iron Cross II class and the Order of St. Vladimir IV class.

At the beginning of October 1815, Scheliha became adjutant of the Frankfurt Landwehr Brigade. Two years later he came to the Landwehr inspection in Liegnitz in the same capacity and with his promotion to major on March 30, 1818 became adjutant of the 5th Landwehr Brigade. This was followed by a position as commander of the 2nd battalion in the 6th Landwehr Regiment in Löwenberg from June 13, 1825 . On March 30, 1836, Scheliha was transferred to Wesel as a lieutenant colonel and commander of the fusilier battalion in the 13th Infantry Regiment . Two years later he was commissioned as a colonel with the leadership of the 23rd Infantry Regiment and Scheliha was appointed commander of this regiment on January 24, 1839. On December 26, 1840, he was put up for disposal with a pension . Scheliha received on 20 August 1844 the character as a major general, and on January 3, 1852 his farewell with the previous board.

family

Scheliha had married Amalie Friederike Wilhelmine von Ferentheil and Gruppenberg (1785-1856) on September 18, 1810 in Nieder-Bellmannsdorf . The following children were born from the marriage:

• Karl Dietrich Ernst Wilhelm Sylvius (born May 26, 1811 in Breslau)
• Johanna Christiane Wilhelmine Amalie Eleonore (born April 28, 1812 in Schönberg)
• Amalie Ernestine Karoline (born May 2, 1815 in Neisse)
• Dietrich Ernst Karl Rudolf (born March 25, 1818), Prussian colonel in the artillery
• Viktor Ernst Karl Rudolf (1826–1899), American officer and chief of staff of General Simon Bolivar Buckner in the Civil War

literature

• Kurt von Priesdorff : Soldier leadership . Volume 6, Hanseatische Verlagsanstalt Hamburg, undated [Hamburg], undated [1938], DNB 367632810 , pp. 110–111, no. 1737.
• August Maurhoff: List of officers of the Royal Prussian Infantry Regiment v. Winterfeldt (2nd Upper Silesian) No. 23. ES Mittler & Sohn , Berlin 1913, p. 10.
• Julius von Basse: Stamm-Liste of the Infantry Regiment Herwarth von Bittenfeld (1st Westphalian) No. 13. Verlag Ch.Belser, Stuttgart, no year, p. 63.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Genealogical pocket book of the knight and noble families, Volume 1, p. 93.
2. ^ Kurt von Priesdorff: Soldatisches Führertum. Volume 6, Hanseatische Verlagsanstalt Hamburg, undated [Hamburg], undated [1938], DNB 367632810 , p. 30, no. 1671.