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To: SAMWolf; All
Thank you SAM for today's thread. With each story on this war we learn more and more about the individuals who fought which is so important. Good read.



Andrew J. Tozier

Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company I, 20th Maine Infantry. Place and date: At Gettysburg, Pa., 2 July 1863.

Entered service at: Plymouth, Maine.

Birth: Monmouth, Maine.

Date of issue: 13 August 1898. (took them 30 yrs to issue)

Citation: At the crisis of the engagement this soldier, a color bearer, stood alone in an advanced position, the regiment having been borne back, and defended his colors with musket and ammunition picked up at his feet.
13 posted on 11/06/2003 3:28:21 AM PST by snippy_about_it (Fall in --> The FReeper Foxhole. America's History. America's Soul.)
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To: snippy_about_it
Gettysburg has to be one of the most studied and wrote about battles in history. Lots of fascinating stories.
50 posted on 11/06/2003 8:36:09 AM PST by SAMWolf (A foot is a device for finding furniture in the dark.)
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