Aaron Fletcher Stevens

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name =Aaron Fletcher Stevens


state =New Hampshire
district =2nd
term_start =March 4, 1867
term_end =March 3, 1871
preceded =Edward H. Rollins
succeeded =Samuel N. Bell
birth_date =August 9, 1819
birth_place =Derry, New Hampshire
death_date =May 10, 1887
death_place =Nashua, New Hampshire
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Aaron Fletcher Stevens (1819 – 1887) was a brevet Brigadier General during the American Civil War, as well as a two-term U.S. Congressman.

Birth and early years

Fletcher was born in Derry, New Hampshire. He spent his childhood in both Derry and also nearby Peterborough and attended Pinkerton Academy [http://www.nh.gov/nhdhr/warheroes/stevensa.html] . In 1845, he was admitted to the New Hampshire Bar, and helped found the New Hampshire Republican Party in the mid-1850s.

Civil War

During the Civil War, he served two terms of duty, one with the 1st New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry, which he spent stationed at Harper's Ferry, and another with the 13th New Hampshire. With the 13th, he participated in the disastrous attack against Marye's Heights in the Battle of Fredericksburg, and was wounded at both Drury Creek and Fort Harrison.

He served two terms in the United States House of Representatives before dying in Nashua.

ee also

*List of American Civil War generals

References

* [http://www.nh.gov/nhdhr/warheroes/stevensa.html General Aaron Fletcher Stevens In the Collections of the New Hampshire State House & State Library]
* [http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000875 Library of Congress Bio]

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