Walter H. Stevens
Confederate States Army brigadier general (1827–1867)
Walter Husted Stevens (August 24, 1827 – November 12, 1867) was a Confederate States Army brigadier general during the American Civil War (Civil War). He graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York and served in the corps of engineers, mostly in Louisiana and Texas. He was an engineer for the Army of Northern Virginia. He was reputed to be the last uniformed man to cross the Mayo Bridge during the evacuation of Richmond, Virginia, after the Confederate defenses of Petersburg, Virginia, collapsed on April 2, 1865. After the Civil War, Stevens became the superintendent and engineer of the Mexican Imperial Railroad. He died of yellow fever at Vera Cruz, Mexico, November 12, 1867.
Early life
Stevens was born August 24, 1827, at Penn Yan, New York. He graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York, fourth in his class of thirty-eight in 1848. He was assigned to the Corps of Engineers as a brevet second lieutenant on July 1, 1848. He was appointed a full grade second lieutenant on May 28, 1853, and a first lieutenant on July 1, 1855.
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