Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Stahel akaberekerwa muSzeged, muUmambo hweHungary, makiromita 200 kumaodzanyemba kwakadziva kumabvazuva kweBudapest. Pashure pokuenda kuchikoro muSzeged neBudapest, akapinda muuto reAustria, achisimuka kusvika pakuva lieutenant. Stahel akabatana nehurongwa hwekuzvimiririra kweHungary inotungamirwa naLajos Kossuth panguva ye
Shanduko ya1848. Akashanda muzvikwata zveGeneral Artúr Görgey naGeneral Richard Debaufre Guyon. Pakadzvinyirirwa kumukira kweHungary kworudzi rwevaHabsburg muna 1849, akatizira kuPrussia ndokuzoenda kuEngland asati atamira kuUnited States muna 1859. Kusvikira pakatanga Hondo Yenyika yeAmerica, akashanda ku"Deutsche illustrirte Familienblätter", pepanhau remutauro wechiGerman muNew York City.