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From: "Sally Rolls Pavia" <>
Subject: [NEWGEN] Key to a Mystery: The Death of Amos Humiston at the Battle of Gettysburg
Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2003 11:51:22 -0700

The Death of Amos Humiston re Battle of Gettysburg

Mortally wounded at the Battle of Gettysburg, Union soldier Amos Humiston
died clutching the only clue to his identity: an ambrotype of his three
small children.
by Mark H. Dunkelman

Of all the fallen heroes of the epic, three-day Civil War Battle of
Gettysburg in July 1863, this Union soldier was unique. He had not led a
charge, nor captured an enemy flag, nor rescued a comrade under fire.
Instead, his fame rested on his dying act of devotion and love; his death
pose made his story special.

Want to read the entire story? You'll find it at:
www.thehistorynet.com/acw/blmysterydeathhumiston/ (URL 'might' be 2-Lines)

Sally Rolls Pavia
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