Walter H. Stevens
| Walter Husted Stevens | |
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| Born |
August 24, 1827 Penn Yan, New York |
| Died | November 12, 1867 (aged 40) Veracruz, Mexico |
| Buried | Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia |
| Allegiance |
 United States of America Confederate States of America
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| Service/branch |
 United States Army Confederate States Army
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| Years of service | 1848–1861 (USA) 1861–1865 (CSA) |
| Rank |
 First Lieutenant (USA) Brigadier General (CSA) |
| Battles/wars | American Civil War |
| Other work | Railroad superintendent and engineer Mexican Imperial Railroad |
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.
Walter H. Stevens was born August 24, 1827 at Penn Yan, New York. Stevens 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.
Stevens's Southern sympathy is explained by his corps of engineers service mainly in Louisiana and Texas and his marriage to a sister of Confederate Brigadier General Louis Hebert. Stevens offered his resignation from the U.S. Army on March 2, 1861, when Texas passed its ordinance of secession, but it was refused and he was dismissed from the service on a technicality on May 2, 1861. Meanwhile, on March 16, 1861, Stevens had been appointed a captain of engineers in the Army of the Confederate States (the regular army of the Confederate States).
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