ALEXANDER PERRIN STACY -- 60thINFANTRYDIED IN VIRGINIA - Alexander Perrin Stacy enlisted in the 60thInfantry ad Perry Stacy in October 1861. In come records he is listed asPercy. He was mustered into Captain James Ransom's Company H afterleaving his parents Alexander Stacy and Mariah Wood on their farm inMooers.The regiment left for Washington on November 4th for their 3-years'service and was stationed near the city as part of General Dix'sRailroad Brigade guarding incoming railroads. In the spring of 1862,they were sent to Harper's Ferry and later participated in GeneralPope's Virginia Campaign. After Antietam, where they had 22 casualties,they had two smaller engagements before spending the winter at StaffordCourthouse, VA, about ten miles north of Fredericksburg.While in camp, Alexander acquired and inflammation of the lungs andlater died of typhoid fever at Fairfax Court House on January 7, 1863.He was brought home and buried in the Mooers Riverside Cemetery. In1879, a military headstone was placed on his grave. His father,Alexander, started receiving a pension based on his son's service in1888. As part of the Sesquicentennial of the Civil War, Eagle ScoutsJohn Pelkey and Matt Orr placed yellow stickers on the graves of CivilWar soldiers who enlisted in Clinton County funded by the Rouses PointAmerican Legion.
