Title: Gettysburg's unknown soldier
First published: 1999
Description: 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.
Subjects: Biography, Gettysburg, Battle of, Gettysburg, Pa., 1863, History, New York (State) Civil War, 1861-1865, Pennsylvania Civil War, 1861-1865, Soldiers, United States Civil War, 1861-1865, Unknown military personnel, United states, history, civil war, 1861-1865, biography
Places: New York (State), Pennsylvania, Portville (N.Y.), United States
People: Amos Humiston (1830-1863)
Time periods: Civil War, 1861-1865
LC classification: E475.53 .D86 1999