He was born in Montreal in 1844, but his parents moved to Burlington, Vermont when he was six years old. His father enlisted in Company I, Fifth Regiment Vermont Volunteers and died from wounds at Annapolis, Doctor of Medicine on October 19, 1862.
Alexander Scott was the only son (he had two sisters Margaret and Flora) of Alexander and Mary Ann (Day) Scott. 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 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, Vermont and was discharged July 3, 1865.
She died in Washington, District of Columbia in 1876. 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.
He died on May 27, 1923 in Washington, District of Columbia at the age of 78 and was buried at Arlington National Cemetery.
