TUFFEL TACY -- 95th INFANTRYPETER TACEY -- 96th and 118th INFANTRYLEANDER STACEY -- 1st ENGINEERSTHREE SCIOTA BROTHERS IN THE MILITARY - Pierre Tessier and his wifeAmelia Laware started their family of a dozen children as soon as theyemigrated from Quebec to live in the Sciota area in Clinton County.Three of the first-born four boys joined the Union Army under threedifferent names -- Tacy, Tacey and Stacey.The first to enlist was Tuffel Tacy also known as Theophilus. He went toChazy and enlisted in the 96th Infantry on February 23, 1862, and inCaptain Addis Woodhull's Company D, was mustered into the regiment fourdays later in Plattsburgh. That is the last we hear of Tuffel in themilitary. His Muster Roll Abstract states, "No further record." In 1910,he applied for an Invalid's Pension while he was living in NewHampshire, however, it wasn't granted.Peter was the next to enlist after being drafted. He enlisted inPlattsburgh in the 118th Infantry under the name Tacy and was sent tojoin the regiment while they were in winter quarters in Newport News,VA. He fought in the Petersburg area in 1864 and went on the AppomattoxCampaign in early 1865. When the 118th mustered out, Peter wastransferred to the 96th infantry under the name Tacey and was finallymustered out in February 1866 at City Point, VA. He was buried in theSt. Louis Cemetery in Sciota in 1928.Leander Stacey enlisted in the 1st Engineer on September 13, 1864, fora town bounty of \$800. He became engaged in the siege operations inPetersburg and Richmond. He reported in the Schuyler Falls Town Clerk'srecords of 1865, that he had been at the surrender of General Lee.Leander died in 1914 in Plattsburgh.Their parents, Peter and Amelia, are buried under the name Tacy in theSt. Louis Cemetery in Sciota.
