Raynors HCA 2018-06
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STEVENS, Walter Husted (1827-1867) 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. War-date Confederate Document Signed “W.H. Stevens” Colonel, 1pp. quarto, on Head Quarters Engineer Department, D.N.V., Richmond, Virginia, May 17, 1864, addressed to Major Parker, and the cannons at Drewry’s Bluff. Good condition.
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