Notes for Nicholas SIXBEY

Notes for Nicholas SIXBEY

Source: Burials near Utica, NY compiled by Miss Ward and Mrs. Smith
34 Reg't Co. N, NYV

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.

Civil War Pension application:
Sixbey, John alias Sixbey Nicholas K 34 NY Inf
Mother: Sixbey, Sally
Date of filing by mother: Apr 11, 1891
Application #: 509097 Certificate #: 357119 Indiana

Enlisted as a Private on 01 May 1861 at the age of 18Enlisted in Company K, 34th Infantry Regiment New York on 15 June 1861.Killed Company K, 34th Infantry Regiment New York on 31 May 1862 in Fair Oaks, VA