Andrew J. 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.

Tozier was captured when his regiment fell back and a Confederate surgeon removed the finger and the bullet in his ankle the next day.

Tozier, along with Lewis Cushman, who was both his half-brother and his uncle, participated in a multi-year crime spree: stealing cattle, clothing, and other items across several Maine counties.

On August 29, 1865, Tozier, Cushman, and an accomplice robbed the clothing store of Michael Larkin in East Livermore, Maine.

On April 9, 1868, in Cherryfield, Maine, the two men stole six oxen and drove them to near the state capitol of Augusta before butchering them and selling the meat.

In 1869, however, prosecutors had enough evidence of his guilt in the clothing store robbery—including the cooperation of Cushman who implicated Tozier—that he pled guilty and was sentenced to five years at hard labor in the state prison.

Plagued by the physical effects of his many war wounds, Tozier worked when he could at a local rake and broom factory or at other odd jobs.