b. 19/08/1844 Montreal, Canada. d. 26/05/1923 Washington DC.
DATE OF MOH ACTION: 09/07/1864 Monocacy, Maryland.
Andrew Scott MOH
Alexander Scott was the only son (he had two sisters Margaret and Flora) of Alexander and Mary Ann (Day) Scott. He was born in Montreal in 1844, but his parents moved to Burlington, Vermont, when he was six years old. His father enlisted in Co. I, Fifth Regiment Vermont Volunteers and died from wounds at Annapolis, MD on Oct 19, 1862.
Scott entered service with 10th Vermont Infantry Regiment as a private at Winooski, Vermont, on August 2, 1862. He was promoted to corporal and was assigned to the colour guard.
On October 19, 1864 Scott was severely wounded in the right thigh by a musket ball at Cedar Creek, Virginia. After recovering he rejoined his regiment on the march to Danville, Virginia, in April 1865. He returned with his regiment to Burlington, VT and was discharged July 3, 1865. His commanding officer Major Lydon, in recommending him for the Medal of Honor, stated, “during all the above period with the Color Guard, Corporal Scott refused promotion for the honor of remaining in that important and hazardous service”.
He first married Hattie Conklin in Flint, Michigan. She died in Washington, D.C., in 1876. He married his second wife Alice V. Skippon on September 4, 1878, in Washington, D.C.
He had two sons, William H. Scott (b. 1869) and Charles A. Scott by his first wife and two children May and Alexander by his second wife. However, in 1916 Alexander Scott wrote “all children dead” on a pension application and in 1923 his widow stated “no children surviving” on her application for a widow’s pension.
MOH CITATION:
Under a very heavy fire from the enemy saved the national flag of his regiment from capture.
BURIAL LOCATION: ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY, ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA.
SECTION 17, GRAVE 18563.
LOCATION OF MEDAL: FAMILY.
