He was found dead on the battlefield at Gettysburg, an unknown soldier with nothing to identify him but an ambrotype of his three children, clutched in his fingers. With the photograph as the single, sad clue to his identity, a publicity campaign to locate his family swept the North. Within a month, the bereaved widow and children were located in Portville, New York, and the devoted father was revealed to be Sergeant Amos Humiston of the 154th New York Volunteers.
Using many previously untapped sources, this book tells the tale of 19th-century war, sentiment, and popular culture in greater detail than ever before. In this extensive account, a full portrait emerges of Amos Humiston, the loving husband and father destined to be remembered for his death tableau, and his family, the widow and orphans who struggled for the rest of their lives with celebrity born of tragedy.
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Gettysburg's Unknown Soldier: The Life, Death, and Celebrity of Amos Humiston
2020, Gettysburg Publishing
in English
1734627603 9781734627602
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Gettysburg's Unknown Soldier: The Life, Death, and Celebrity of Amos Humiston
1999, ABC-CLIO, LLC
in English
0313003807 9780313003806
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Gettysburg's unknown soldier: the life, death, and celebrity of Amos Humiston
1999, Praeger
in English
0275962946 9780275962944
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