Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
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]
However, the men received no formal recognition for combat honors and awards until the turn of the 20th century. These units were: 5th Regiment Massachusetts Colored Volunteer Cavalry; 54th Massachusetts (Colored) Volunteer Infantry Regiment; 55th Massachusetts (Colored) Volunteer Infantry Regiment; 29th Connecticut (Colored) Volunteer Infantry ...
Thomas D. Chamberlain was born in Brewer, Maine, the youngest of five children. Young Tom grew up on the family farm in Brewer with his four older siblings: Joshua Lawrence (born in 1828); Horace Beriah (1834); Sarah Brastow (1836); and John Calhoun (1838).
In late 2017 and continuing through to their 2018 tour, the band was joined by pianist and accordionist Ben Cosgrove [5] to make a quartet. On June 7, 2019 The Ghost of Paul Revere song "Ballad of the 20th Maine" became the official state ballad of Maine. [6] The song, written by Griffin Sherry, commemorates the 20th Maine Volunteer Infantry ...
Melcher was born in the small town of Topsham, Maine, on June 30, 1841.He was born to James and Nancy Melcher. His father, a farmer, [5] was a native of Brunswick, Maine and his mother was the daughter of Captain Nehemiah Curtis of Harpswell, Maine, who traces his lineage to colonizing New Englanders. [6]
More than 1,000 people packed a cavernous church Sunday night, and hundreds more spilled outside, to hug, sing, weep and seek comfort in the wake of Maine’s most deadly mass shooting. The crowd ...
The 103rd Infantry rrived at the port of Boston on 6 April 1919 on the USS America and was demobilized 28 April 1919 at Camp Devens, Massachusetts. Per the terms of the National Defense Act of 1920 , the 103rd Infantry was reconstituted in the National Guard in 1921, assigned to the 43rd Division, and allotted to the state of Maine.