A Hell Of A Regiment – Jared Peatman (1)

In the postwar years, Tozer’s left arm measured three-quarters of an inch smaller than his right, evincing its limited usefulness.44 His Confederate captors moved Tozier to Richmond, confining him first in Libby Prison before transferring him to Belle Isle. Fortunately, Tozier was not a prisoner for very long. Union general John Dix and Confederate D. H. Hill standardized a prisoner exchange agreement on July 22, and within days the exchange system went into effect.

On August 3, 1862, Andrew Tozier was one of three thousand Union prisoners on Belle Isle traded for a similar number of Confederates. Due to his wounds and ongoing sickness, Tozier was sent to a hospital outside Philadelphia and remained there until he was fit to rejoin his unit in late October.45 On returning to the Second Maine, Tozier was immediately promoted to sergeant and then to first sergeant on January 1, 1863.

When transferred to the Twentieth on May 26, Tozier immediately caught his new commander’s eye as “an example of all that was excellent as a soldier.” Chamberlain’s selection of Tozier as color sergeant was likely in part a recognition of the man’s record, in part due to a belief that he would perform the duty well, and in part a continuation of his efforts to fully integrate the Second Maine men into their new unit.

No matter what the motivation, it would prove to be an inspired decision.46 At 4:00 a.m. on June 30, the men continued their march north, covering twenty-five miles over the next thirteen hours before halting in Union Mills, Maryland. Just as had been the case nine days earlier at Upperville, they were on the heels of Jeb Stuart’s cavalrymen.

As it became increasingly evident that battle was imminent, it must have been a comfort to see Colonel Chamberlain shake off his illness and return to duty.47 The next morning, the Battle of Gettysburg began when John Buford’s cavalry division fired on Confederate infantry advancing east on the Chambersburg Pike toward Gettysburg.

Copyright © 2026 by Jared Peatman Maps by Hal Jespersen All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any electronic or mechanical means, including information storage and retrieval systems, without written permission from the publisher, except by a reviewer who may quote passages in a review. British Library Cataloguing in Publication Information available Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Names: Peatman, Jared author Title: A hell of a regiment : to Gettysburg and beyond with the Twentieth Maine / Jared Peatman.

Other titles: To Gettysburg and beyond with the Twentieth Maine Description: Essex, Connecticut : Stackpole Books, 2026. | Includes bibliographical references. | Summary: “Drawing on previously unknown or inaccessible sources, this book is the first major account of the Twentieth Maine’s stand at Gettysburg in more than three decades, a fresh telling for a new era. It sheds new light on the battle and explains just how a ragtag group of soldiers, led by a colonel trained in rhetoric and religion instead of military drill and tactics, became an effective fighting force”— Provided by publisher.

Identifiers: LCCN 2025049926 (print) | LCCN 2025049927 (ebook) | ISBN 9780811778152 cloth | ISBN 9780811778169 epub Subjects: LCSH: Gettysburg, Battle of, Gettysburg, Pa., 1863 | United States. Army. Maine Infantry Regiment, 20th (1862–1865) | Chamberlain, Joshua Lawrence, 1828–1914—Leadership | Maine— History—Civil War, 1861–1865—Regimental histories | United States—History—Civil War, 1861– 1865—Regimental histories Classification: LCC E475.51 .P383 2026 (print) | LCC E475.51 (ebook) | DDC 973.7/349— dc23/eng/20260131 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2025049926 LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2025049927 The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of American National Standard for Information Sciences—Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI/N ISO Z39.48-1992.

1kitap1.com/en “It was without local pride. No county claimed them. No city gave them a flag. They received no words of farewell on leaving your State, no words of welcome on their return. But their name is known in other climes, and their fame is owned by their enemies.

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