Frederick Otto Gustav Fincke
Was born January 8, 1848 in Saxony, Germany. He arrived in New York City in June, 1848 with his parents who had fled the political troubles in Germany.
In 1854 the family moved to Brooklyn, NY.
Frederick enlisted in the US Navy as Third Class Boy aboard the NORTH CAROLINA, on February 7, 1862 and about two weeks later was detached to the CAYUGA.
This vessel served in the action against the Forts, St. Philip and Jackson, LA.
On the morning of April 24, l862. During this action Fincke was wounded in the left foot which was subsequently amputated.
He was transferred to the Naval Hospital at Pilot Town, LA., and then to Brooklyn, NY.
On June l, 1864, he was appointed a Mate, serving at the Boston Naval Rendezvous. This appointment was revoked on May 5, 1865, as his services were no longer required, but, in less than two months, he was re-appointed to this grade and attached to the Post Office at the New York Navy Yard. However, on September 27, 1865, his appointment was once again revoked for "removing postage stamps" from letters entrusted to his care.
Shortly after this he sailed for Australia, residing first in Melbourne, and then in Adelaide, where in 1874 he married Elizabeth Schroder.
Fincke seems to have had a troubled life, dying in poverty on September 29, 1893. He was buried in Ordinary Ground at the West Terrace Cemetery, Adelaide.
His grave remains unmarked but a Veterans Administration plaque installed elsewhere in the cemetery commemorates his Civil War service.
Was born January 8, 1848 in Saxony, Germany. He arrived in New York City in June, 1848 with his parents who had fled the political troubles in Germany.
In 1854 the family moved to Brooklyn, NY.
Frederick enlisted in the US Navy as Third Class Boy aboard the NORTH CAROLINA, on February 7, 1862 and about two weeks later was detached to the CAYUGA.
This vessel served in the action against the Forts, St. Philip and Jackson, LA.
On the morning of April 24, l862. During this action Fincke was wounded in the left foot which was subsequently amputated.
He was transferred to the Naval Hospital at Pilot Town, LA., and then to Brooklyn, NY.
On June l, 1864, he was appointed a Mate, serving at the Boston Naval Rendezvous. This appointment was revoked on May 5, 1865, as his services were no longer required, but, in less than two months, he was re-appointed to this grade and attached to the Post Office at the New York Navy Yard. However, on September 27, 1865, his appointment was once again revoked for "removing postage stamps" from letters entrusted to his care.
Shortly after this he sailed for Australia, residing first in Melbourne, and then in Adelaide, where in 1874 he married Elizabeth Schroder.
Fincke seems to have had a troubled life, dying in poverty on September 29, 1893. He was buried in Ordinary Ground at the West Terrace Cemetery, Adelaide.
His grave remains unmarked but a Veterans Administration plaque installed elsewhere in the cemetery commemorates his Civil War service.
Frederick Otto Gustav Fincke
Was born January 8, 1848 in Saxony, Germany. He arrived in New York City in June, 1848 with his parents who had fled the political troubles in Germany.
In 1854 the family moved to Brooklyn, NY.
Frederick enlisted in the US Navy as Third Class Boy aboard the NORTH CAROLINA, on February 7, 1862 and about two weeks later was detached to the CAYUGA.
This vessel served in the action against the Forts, St. Philip and Jackson, LA.
On the morning of April 24, l862. During this action Fincke was wounded in the left foot which was subsequently amputated.
He was transferred to the Naval Hospital at Pilot Town, LA., and then to Brooklyn, NY.
On June l, 1864, he was appointed a Mate, serving at the Boston Naval Rendezvous. This appointment was revoked on May 5, 1865, as his services were no longer required, but, in less than two months, he was re-appointed to this grade and attached to the Post Office at the New York Navy Yard. However, on September 27, 1865, his appointment was once again revoked for "removing postage stamps" from letters entrusted to his care.
Shortly after this he sailed for Australia, residing first in Melbourne, and then in Adelaide, where in 1874 he married Elizabeth Schroder.
Fincke seems to have had a troubled life, dying in poverty on September 29, 1893. He was buried in Ordinary Ground at the West Terrace Cemetery, Adelaide.
His grave remains unmarked but a Veterans Administration plaque installed elsewhere in the cemetery commemorates his Civil War service.
Was born January 8, 1848 in Saxony, Germany. He arrived in New York City in June, 1848 with his parents who had fled the political troubles in Germany.
In 1854 the family moved to Brooklyn, NY.
Frederick enlisted in the US Navy as Third Class Boy aboard the NORTH CAROLINA, on February 7, 1862 and about two weeks later was detached to the CAYUGA.
This vessel served in the action against the Forts, St. Philip and Jackson, LA.
On the morning of April 24, l862. During this action Fincke was wounded in the left foot which was subsequently amputated.
He was transferred to the Naval Hospital at Pilot Town, LA., and then to Brooklyn, NY.
On June l, 1864, he was appointed a Mate, serving at the Boston Naval Rendezvous. This appointment was revoked on May 5, 1865, as his services were no longer required, but, in less than two months, he was re-appointed to this grade and attached to the Post Office at the New York Navy Yard. However, on September 27, 1865, his appointment was once again revoked for "removing postage stamps" from letters entrusted to his care.
Shortly after this he sailed for Australia, residing first in Melbourne, and then in Adelaide, where in 1874 he married Elizabeth Schroder.
Fincke seems to have had a troubled life, dying in poverty on September 29, 1893. He was buried in Ordinary Ground at the West Terrace Cemetery, Adelaide.
His grave remains unmarked but a Veterans Administration plaque installed elsewhere in the cemetery commemorates his Civil War service.
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