The Patriotic Words that Foreshadowed Gettysburg's Children of the Battlefield
Life on the Civil War Research Trail
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One of the most poignant personal stories of the Battle of Gettysburg is the death of Sgt. Amos Humiston of the 154th New York Infantry. Discovered on the battlefield clutching a photograph of his children, his name was lost in the fog of war. A year before he died, a poem foreshadowed the event.
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