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.
Our vacation to Gettysburg was the most interesting vacation we ever took. Even the hobbit lass was mesmerized by the place. Little Round Top was eerie. But I gotta tell you, the Devil's Den was downright spooky.
