August Wagenfuhr, brother of the well-known Gustav Wagenfuhr, died yesterday after a prolonged illness. He was 48 years old and came to America in 1857.

He joined Company E of the 82nd Regiment of Illinois and fought in the battle of Gettysburg, being dangerously wounded. But Wagenfuhr recovered and rejoined his regiment and remained in the service until the end of the Civil War.

He never recovered completely from the wound received in the battle at Gettysburg and it caused his early death.