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.

On October 19, 1864 Scott was severely wounded in the right thigh by a musket ball at Cedar Creek, Virginia.

He married his second wife Alice V. Skippon on September 4, 1878, in Washington, D.C.[3] He had two sons, William H. Scott (b.

[6] Rank and Organization: Citation: at Monacracy July 9, 1864, this soldier, a corporal in Co. D, 10th Vermont Volunteers and carrying the State Flag while his regiment was withdrawing under very heavy fire of the enemy saw the color sergeant bearing the national colors fall out of line exhausted and drop to the rear which meant inevitable capture.

Corporal Scott then nearly overpowered by the heat and fatigue picked up the national flag and carried both colors during the remainder of the action.