Notes for Jerome SIXBEY
Burial at Stratford Cemetery, Stratford, Fulton Co., NY
Enlisted August 26, 1864 at Schenectady to serve 3 years. Killed in action
March 25, 1865 at Ft. Stedman, VA. Indexed as Sicby
Note: Schenectady Soldiers in the Civil War: Sixty-ninth Regiment ofInfantry
Sicby, Jerome age 18 years. Enlisted August 26, 1864 at Schenectady to serve
three years; mustered in as private, Co., E on Sept 3, 1864; killed inaction
on March 25, 1865 at Fort Stedman, VA; also born as Sixby
Stratford's Community Page includes the Town of Stratford and Bliss Corners, Emmonsburg, Knappville and Stewart Landing Fulton Co., NY
The Sixby Boys:
The last full measure of devotion is exemplified by the Sixby family monument in the Stratford Cemetery. Three sons of Colonel James Sixby
enlisted in the Union army in the Civil War, and each made the supreme
sacrifice. First to enlist was Nicholas, who was killed in the battle of Fair Oaks. John was the next to enlist and was killed one month after his brother's death. Later in the war, another son, Jerome, 17 years of age at the time, enlisted and was killed in the storming of Petersburg. Sometime before the close of the war, a funeral was held for the three soldier-brothers in a grove near the cemetery, and people came from far and near to pay tribute to these three sons of one family who gave their lives for their country.
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