enlisted March 29, 1865 as a private from Chicago, IL into the 9th Illinois Cavalry, Company B. Mustered out October 31, 1865 in Selma, AL.
Manitowoc Herald Times, April 8, 1933 P. 4: "DEATH CLAIMS AUGUST DUMKE Civil War Veteran, Former Local Man, Dies at 88 August Dumke, 88, who enlisted when a youth of sixteen years for service in the Union forces in the Civil War back in the sixties in Manitowoc, died on Wednesday at Milwaukee. His body will be brought here from his Milwaukee home for interment. For the past 45 years Mr. Dumke and his wife and family made their home in Milwaukee, moving to that city from here. He was born in Germany 88 years ago and came here with his parents when a boy. He enlisted in a company in Manitowoc and served in the Civil War, returning here to make his home after the war. He was married in this city to Miss Minnie Becker who survives him with three sons, Hugo, Walter and Edwin and two married daughters. There are also two brothers and two sisters. During his residence here, Mr. Dumke was a member of the pioneer German singing societies. Funeral services will be held Monday at 2:30 p.m. from the chapel at Evergreen
cemetery in charge of the Rev. D. G. Ristad."
Son of August F. Dumke and brother of Herman A. Dumke
Manitowoc Herald Times, April 8, 1933 P. 4: "DEATH CLAIMS AUGUST DUMKE Civil War Veteran, Former Local Man, Dies at 88 August Dumke, 88, who enlisted when a youth of sixteen years for service in the Union forces in the Civil War back in the sixties in Manitowoc, died on Wednesday at Milwaukee. His body will be brought here from his Milwaukee home for interment. For the past 45 years Mr. Dumke and his wife and family made their home in Milwaukee, moving to that city from here. He was born in Germany 88 years ago and came here with his parents when a boy. He enlisted in a company in Manitowoc and served in the Civil War, returning here to make his home after the war. He was married in this city to Miss Minnie Becker who survives him with three sons, Hugo, Walter and Edwin and two married daughters. There are also two brothers and two sisters. During his residence here, Mr. Dumke was a member of the pioneer German singing societies. Funeral services will be held Monday at 2:30 p.m. from the chapel at Evergreen
cemetery in charge of the Rev. D. G. Ristad."
Son of August F. Dumke and brother of Herman A. Dumke
enlisted March 29, 1865 as a private from Chicago, IL into the 9th Illinois Cavalry, Company B. Mustered out October 31, 1865 in Selma, AL.
Manitowoc Herald Times, April 8, 1933 P. 4: "DEATH CLAIMS AUGUST DUMKE Civil War Veteran, Former Local Man, Dies at 88 August Dumke, 88, who enlisted when a youth of sixteen years for service in the Union forces in the Civil War back in the sixties in Manitowoc, died on Wednesday at Milwaukee. His body will be brought here from his Milwaukee home for interment. For the past 45 years Mr. Dumke and his wife and family made their home in Milwaukee, moving to that city from here. He was born in Germany 88 years ago and came here with his parents when a boy. He enlisted in a company in Manitowoc and served in the Civil War, returning here to make his home after the war. He was married in this city to Miss Minnie Becker who survives him with three sons, Hugo, Walter and Edwin and two married daughters. There are also two brothers and two sisters. During his residence here, Mr. Dumke was a member of the pioneer German singing societies. Funeral services will be held Monday at 2:30 p.m. from the chapel at Evergreen
cemetery in charge of the Rev. D. G. Ristad."
Son of August F. Dumke and brother of Herman A. Dumke
Manitowoc Herald Times, April 8, 1933 P. 4: "DEATH CLAIMS AUGUST DUMKE Civil War Veteran, Former Local Man, Dies at 88 August Dumke, 88, who enlisted when a youth of sixteen years for service in the Union forces in the Civil War back in the sixties in Manitowoc, died on Wednesday at Milwaukee. His body will be brought here from his Milwaukee home for interment. For the past 45 years Mr. Dumke and his wife and family made their home in Milwaukee, moving to that city from here. He was born in Germany 88 years ago and came here with his parents when a boy. He enlisted in a company in Manitowoc and served in the Civil War, returning here to make his home after the war. He was married in this city to Miss Minnie Becker who survives him with three sons, Hugo, Walter and Edwin and two married daughters. There are also two brothers and two sisters. During his residence here, Mr. Dumke was a member of the pioneer German singing societies. Funeral services will be held Monday at 2:30 p.m. from the chapel at Evergreen
cemetery in charge of the Rev. D. G. Ristad."
Son of August F. Dumke and brother of Herman A. Dumke
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