Amos Humiston

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name= Amos Humiston
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caption= Amos Humiston
born= Birth date|1830|4|26
died= Death date and age|1863|7|1|1830|4|26
placeofbirth= Oswego, New York
placeofdeath= Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
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allegiance= United States of America
branch= United States Army Union Army
serviceyears= 1862 – 1863
rank= sergeant
unit= 154th New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment
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battles= American Civil War *Battle of Chancellorsville *Battle of Gettysburg
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laterwork=Sergeant Amos Humiston (April 26, 1830 – July 1, 1863) was the "unknown soldier" killed at the Battle of Gettysburg.

When Humiston's body was found the only identification he had on his person was a picture of three children that he clutched in his hand at his death.

with a story under the provocative headline: "Whose Father Was He?" The article said "a Union soldier was found in a secluded spot on the battlefield, where, wounded, he had laid himself down to die. In his hands, tightly clasped, was an ambrotype containing the portraits of three small children ... and as he silently gazed upon them his soul died. How touching! How solemn! ... It is earnestly desired that all papers in the country will draw attention to the discovery of this picture and its attendant circumstances, so that, if possible, the family of the dead hero may come into possession of it. Of what inestimable value will it be to these children, proving, as it does, that the last thought of their dying father was for them, and them only."

Amos' wife, Philinda Humiston, living in Portville, New York, eventually came upon a news account of the photo. So much sympathy was poured out for the Humiston family that the proceeds allowed for the creation of an orphanage in Gettysburg for children of soldiers.

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References

*cite book |last=Dunkelman |first=Mark H. |title=Gettysburg's Unknown Soldier: The Life, Death, and Celebrity of Amos Humiston |year=1999 |publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group |isbn=0275962946
* [http://www.forensicgenealogy.info/contest_36_results.html Forensic Genealogy]
*cite web |url=http://www.historynet.com/wars_conflicts/american_civil_war/3026901.html |title=Amos Humiston: Union Soldier Who Died at the Battle of Gettysburg |first=Mark H. |last=Dunkelman |publisher=HistoryNet.com |accessdate=2008-02-15
* [http://www.brotherswar.com/Gettysburg-1u.htm The Amos Humiston Memorial]
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