Ernest Stackelberg

Who was Ernest Stackelberg?

Count Ernst Johann von Stackelberg was a Baltic German military figure and diplomat.

After having received home education, Ernest Stackelberg entered military service in 1832 as a feuerwerker in Leib Guard horse artillery. In 1833, he was promoted to junker and then warrant officer a year later. After two years of service in horse artillery, Ernest Stackelberg was sent to the Caucasus, where he would take part in several military campaigns. For his service, Ernest Stackelberg was promoted to the rank of podporuchik and then transferred to the office of War Minister Alexander Chernyshyov as adjutant. In 1840, he was promoted to the rank of poruchik and sent to Caucasus yet again to participate in military action. Ernest Stackelberg was first placed under the command of Lieutenant General Apollon Galafeyev and took part in the Battle of the Valerik River with the Chechens in Chekhinsky Forest. Later on, Ernest Stackelberg was transferred to the unit under the command of General Grigory Zass and fought against the mountaineers from over the Kuban River.