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Family of Andrew Jackson Tozier. Andrew Jackson Tozier (February 11, 1838 – March 28, 1910) was a first sergeant in the 2nd Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment and later the color-bearer for the 20th Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment who was awarded the Medal of Honor for his service at the Battle of Gettysburg during the American Civil War.
The 20th Maine and its color-bearer Andrew Tozier are the subjects of "Ballad of the 20th Maine", a song by the Maine band The Ghost of Paul Revere; it is the official state ballad of Maine. [8] [9] The song "Dixieland" by Steve Earle and the Del McCoury Band is also about the 20th Maine. [10]
I had assumed, although, I have seen no reference that suggests this, that Kilrain may have been partly based on Sergeant Andrew J Tozier the other 20th Maine MofH recipient that day. His citation reads ‘At the crisis of the engagement this soldier, a color bearer, stood alone in an advanced position, the regiment having been borne back, and ...
Ionia VFW Post 12082 quartermaster Shane Houghton, left, and Marine Cpl. Eric Calley of Williamston are reflected in the glass of a case that holds a Civil War battle flag carried by the 21st ...
During the advance, Carney was wounded but still went on. When the color-bearer was shot, Carney grabbed the flagstaff and planted it in the parapet, while the rest of his regiment stormed the fortification. When his regiment was forced to retreat, he was wounded two more times while he carried the colors back to Union lines.
A train derailment in rural Maine that spilled hundreds of gallons of fuel and hospitalized three workers was attributable to a beaver dam, state officials said. The April 2023 freight train ...
Two color bearers having been shot dead one after the other, the last one far in advance of his regiment and close to the enemy's line, this soldier rushed forward, and, under a galling fire, after removing the dead body of the bearer therefrom, secured the flag and returned with it to the Union lines. —
Firefighters drench the two-story structure that caught fire at 29 River Street in Sanford, Maine, on Thursday, March 21, 2024. They battled high and unhelpful winds too.