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A Civil War mystery: Whose Father Was He?

April 2nd, 2009 | Written by Chris Willis

Errol Morris has posted the fourth of five installments of “Whose Father Was He?” — a riveting investigation into a photograph of three children found in the hands of the dead body of Amos Humiston, a fallen Union soldier, at Gettysburg in 1863.

You can see him and his family in the 1860 US Census or view his Page.

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