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Aaron Fletcher Stevens (August 9, 1819 – May 10, 1887) was a Union Army officer during the
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and a two-term
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Birth and early years

Stevens was born in
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on August 9, 1819.Eicher, John H., and
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, ''Civil War High Commands.'' Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2001. . p. 509.
He spent his childhood in both Londonderry and also nearby
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and attended
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. He was a machinist, lawyer and state legislator before the Civil War. In 1845, he was admitted to the New Hampshire Bar, and helped found the New Hampshire Republican Party in the mid-1850s.


Civil War

When the Civil War began he joined the 1st New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry as a
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. He was mustered out of the volunteers on August 9, 1861. He rejoined the Union Army on September 23, 1862 as
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of the new 13th New Hampshire Infantry Regiment. He and the regiment participated in the disastrous attack against Marye's Heights in the
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. Stevens commanded Brigade 1, Division 1,
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, Department of Virginia, January – February, 1863 and Brigade 3, Division 1, XVIII Corps (Union Army),
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, from July 31, 1864 to September 29, 1864. Stevens was wounded at the Battle of Fort Harrison on September 29, 1864. On December 12, 1864,
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nominated Stevens for appointment to the grade of brevet brigadier general of volunteers, to rank from December 8, 1864, and the
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confirmed the appointment on March 10, 1865. Stevens was mustered out of the volunteers on June 29, 1865. Stevens served two terms in the
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, March 4, 1867 – March 3, 1871. Aaron Fletcher Stevens died at Nashua, May 10, 1887. He was buried at Universalist Church Cemetery, Nashua, New Hamphshire.Hunt, Roger D. and Jack R. Brown, ''Brevet Brigadier Generals in Blue.'' Gaithersburg, MD: Olde Soldier Books, Inc., 1990. . p. 585.


See also

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Notes


References

* Eicher, John H., and
David J. Eicher David John Eicher (born August 7, 1961) is an American editor, writer, and popularizer of astronomy and space. He has been editor-in-chief of ''Astronomy'' magazine since 2002. He is author, coauthor, or editor of 23 books on science and American ...
, ''Civil War High Commands.'' Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2001. . * Hunt, Roger D. and Jack R. Brown, ''Brevet Brigadier Generals in Blue.'' Gaithersburg, MD: Olde Soldier Books, Inc., 1990. .


External links


General Aaron Fletcher Stevens In the Collections of the New Hampshire State House & State LibraryLibrary of Congress Bio
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