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Fink, Henry (b. 1840) : Portrait Photograph with Facsimile Signature

C. N. Caspar Company

Circa 1900, sized 6 x 9.5 inches, on heavy gloss paper, generally very clean and bright. The author, b. Rhenish, Bavaria, September 7, 1840, immigrated to the U. S. with his family when he was age 12. He worked as a store clerk in Milwaukee until 1862, when, at the height of the war excitement in the Cream City, he enlisted, at age 17, as a private in Company B of the Twenty-sixth Wisconsin infantry. On October 5, the regiment traveled to Fairfax Court House, where it became a part of the Second brigade, Third division, Eleventh army corps, and participated in the expedition to Thoroughfare Gap, New Baltimore and Warrenton. The winter was spent in camp at Stafford Court House, and in the spring the regiment was one of those "stuck in the mud" with Burnside. On April 27, the Eleventh corps, under Major - General O. O. Howard, left Stafford Court House at the start of the Chancellorsville campaign. The crossing of the Rappahannock was made at Kelly's Ford, and on May 1 the corps took position on the right of the Federal line. In the terrible onslaught of Stonewall Jackson's corps on Howard's command, before which the Union line wavered and then fell back, Mr. Fink was wounded, a musket ball piercing his right arm and rendering it useless. He was taken to the field hospital at Falmouth and later was sent to the Judiciary square hospital in Washington. He was transferred to Fort Schuyler, New York, then David's Island, where he remained until removed to the Harvey hospital in Madison, Wisconsin, on January 7, 1864. In March, Fink was mustered into the Invalid Corps, and remained there until his discharge on May 10, 1864. Fink returned to Milwaukee and for three years was a traveling salesman. In 1867 he embarked in business on his own account, dealing in wool, bides and furs. In 1878, he sold his interests and engaged in the land business. As a Republican, Fink served four years on the county board of supervisors, 1870 - 1874, and in 1876 - 77 served in the state legislature. In the latter year he was appointed United States marshal, and continued in that office through the administration of Hayes, Garfield and Arthur, his service expiring on May 10, 1885. On June 13, 1889, he was made collector of internal revenue for the First district of Wisconsin. On May 13, 1866, he married Catherine Streiff, of Milwaukee, and fathered three children: Albert, Edward and Emma. Catherine died on January 6, 1883, and on September 12, 1883, Fink married Rosa Blankenhorn, a native of Cedarburg, Wisconsin.. Print. Book Condition: VG. Binding: No Binding

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