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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 ...
The 20th Maine is a two-player board wargame where one player controls the Union army, and the other the Confederate army. Although the game has a small 17" x 22" hex grid map scaled at 20 yds (18 m) per hex and only 100 counters, there are 12 pages of rules, making the game relatively complex.
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The flag-bearers bore the brunt of combat during the battles because the Confederates recognized the easiest way to confuse the Union troops was if the flag goes down, you’ll have a whole ...
It was exactly 64 years ago that the first baseball game was broadcast on television in color. WCBS-TV in New York City broadcast the Boston Braves beating the Brooklyn Dodgers by an 8-1 score.
Ellis Spear (October 15, 1834 – April 3, 1917) was an officer in the 20th Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment of the Union Army during the American Civil War.On April 10, 1866, the United States Senate confirmed President Andrew Johnson's February 24 nomination of Spear for appointment to the grade of brevet brigadier general to rank from April 9, 1865.