A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Tozer, Caleb Evan
TOZER. (Lieutenant, 1819.)
Caleb Evan Tozer, while serving as Midshipman, either in the Contest or Mohawk, assisted, 11 July, 1813, at the capture, by the two cutters belonging to those sloops, of the United States schooner Asp, carrying 1 long 18-pounder and 2 18-pounder carronades, with swivels, &c., and a complement of 25 men; which vessel, although she had been hauled close to the beach under the protection of a large body of militia, was boarded and carried with determined bravery; the British sustaining a loss of 2 men killed and 6 wounded, and the enemy of their Commander (a Lieutenant) killed and 9 others either killed or wounded. He was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 11 Oct. 1819; and from 13 Feb. 1837 until within a short period of his death, which took place in 1847, was employed in the Coast Guard. Agent – Joseph Woodhead.