Civil war photography

[Merc]

For you Civil War buffs. Anyone recognize these kids?

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[JB White]

You and your 4th grade class? I knew you were a little older than me but I hadn't realized how much!

On a serious note, no I don't recognize those kids. For all I know they are Teddy Roosevelt's cousins.

[gwp]

This photo of Frank, Frederick, and Alice Humiston was in their father, Sgt. Amos Huminston's hand when he was found dead on the Gettysburg battlefield. (Library of Congress)

https://www.battlefields.org/learn/articles/children-civil-war-home-front

[Merc]

This photo of Frank, Frederick, and Alice Humiston was in their father, Sgt. Amos Huminston's hand when he was found dead on the Gettysburg battlefield. (Library of Congress)

https://www.battlefields.org/learn/articles/children-civil-war-home-front

Correct. Humiston’s identity was not known when he was found in the town of Gettysburg. The photo of his kids that he held was circulated by the newspapers. His wife eventually saw it and realized she was a widow.

This 1867 photo was reprinted after the war and sold to fund an orphanage in Gettysburg.

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The printing on the reverse of the photo is a little fuzzy. It says:

The Children of the Battlefield

This is a copy of the Ferrotype found in the hands of Sergeant Humiston of the 154th New York Volunteers as he lay dead on the Battlefield of Gettysburg.

The copies are sold as furtherance of the Sabbath School effort to found and endow the National Homestead at Gettysburg for Orphans of our Soldiers and Sailors, in Memorial of our Perpetrated Union.

This picture is private property and cannot be copied without wronging the Soldiers Orphans for whom it is published.

Philadelphia, Nov., 1867

J. Francis Bourns, MD

[Allen]

Good photo considering the camera's they had back then.

[bdm]

Thank You for the link and photo good reading