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Alexander Scott (August 19, 1844 – May 27, 1923) was a soldier in the Union Army during the American Civil War and a recipient of the Medal of Honor for his actions in the Battle of Monocacy, Maryland. ==Biography== 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.〔Pension application of Alexander Scott, Bureau of Pensions, Department of the Interior〕 He was promoted to corporal and was assigned to the color 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.〔Marriage certificate, 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 〔Oct 3,1916 pension application of Alexander Scott, Bureau of Pensions, Department of the Interior〕 in 1923 his widow stated "no children surviving" on her application for a widow's pension.〔Declaration for Widow's Pension (June 9, 1923) by Alice Virginia Scott - copy available at National Archives and Records Administration〕 He died on May 27, 1923 in Washington, D.C. at the age of 78 and was buried at Arlington National Cemetery.〔Interment record of Arlington National Cemetery for SCOTT, Alexander, Plot 17, Grave No. 18563〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Alexander Scott (Medal of Honor)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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