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==Birth==
Alexander Smith was born in Preston Hollow, Albany County, NY in about 1845.<ref name="Carnival">Keating, Robert, [[Carnival of Blood|Carnival of Blood]]: The Civil War Ordeal of the Seventh New York Heavy Artillery, Published by Butternut and Blue, Baltimore, Md 1998</ref>

Alexander was born at Potters Hollow, Albany County, NY on July 2, 1848, a son of Alfred Smith and Abigail Jackson.<ref name="Town and City Registers">Town and City Registers of Men Who Served in the Civil War</ref>

==Marriage & Children==
He married Jemima Richmond at about 1867 and moved to Greene County where they lived out their lives. They had the following known children of seven that were born to them:
*Edith Smith
*Charles Smith
*James Smith
*Joseph Smith
Jemima died and Alexander remarried in 1907 to Anna____ a widow who was born in New Jersey at about 1855.

==Occupation==
Before he served in the Civil War, Alexander worked as a laborer.<ref name="Carnival"/>



==Military Service==
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|Name:
|Alexander Smith
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|Residence:
|Potters Hollow<ref name="Town and City Registers">Town and City Registers of Men Who Served in the Civil War</ref>
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|Place of Birth:
|Potters Hollow<ref name="Town and City Registers"/>
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|Date of Birth:
|2 July 1848<ref name="Town and City Registers"/> or about 1845<ref name="A-G Report"/>
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|Names of Parents:
|Alfred (Smith) and Abigail Jackson<ref name="Town and City Registers"/>
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|Marital Status:
|Single<ref name="Town and City Registers"/>
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|Occupation:
|Farmer<ref name="Town and City Registers"/>
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|Term of Enlistment:
|3 years<ref name="Town and City Registers"/>
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|Bounty Received:
|$50.00<ref name="Town and City Registers"/>
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|Enlistment Date:
|24 Dec 1863<ref name="Carnival"/><ref name="AG Report">Annual Report of the Adjutant General of the State of New York</ref>
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|Enlistment Place:
|Albany
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|Enlistment Rank:
|Private<ref name="Carnival"/>
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|State Served:
|New York<ref name="Carnival"/>
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|Regiment:
||'''[[7th Regiment|7th Regiment]]''' NY Heavy Artillery<ref name="Carnival"/><ref name="A-G Report">[[Annual Report of the Adjutant-General|Annual Report of the Adjutant-General]]</ref>
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|Company:
|Company D<ref name="Carnival"/>Company E<ref name="AG Report"/>
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|Transferred:
|Company C<ref name="AG Report"/>
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|Transfer date:
|27 July 1865<ref name="AG Report"/>
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|Muster Out Date:
|May 21, 1865<ref name="Carnival"/>1 Aug 1865<ref name="AG Report"/>
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|Muster Out Place:
|Fort Federal Hill, MD<ref name="Town and City Registers"/><ref name="A-G Report"/>
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{| style="color:black;background-color:#ccffff;" cellspacing="1" border="2"
|Additional Remarks: Enlisted at the age of 18 to serve three years.<ref name="AG Report"/> "Was in the Battles of [[Wilderness]], [[Spotsylvania]], Topotomoy,___,([[Totopotomoy Creek]]) [[Cold Harbor|Cold Harbor]], [[Petersburgh]], ____Station, ____Run and [[Deep Bottom]] mustered out with Regiment June 15th 1865. PO Address Broome Centre, Schoharie Co N.Y." <ref name="Town and City Registers"/>
|-
|Sources Used: Keating, Robert, [[Carnival of Blood|Carnival of Blood]]: The Civil War Ordeal of the Seventh New York Heavy Artillery, Published by Butternut and Blue, Baltimore, Md 1998; Town and City Registers of Men Who Served in the Civil War, Annual Report of the Adjutant General of the State of New York for the year 1895.
|}

==Death==
Alexander died on March 5, 1912.<ref name="Civil War Pension Records"> Civil War Pension Records @ Fold3.com</ref>

==Obituary== 


==Additional Research Notes== 


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