Maj. Gen. Isaac Stevens
Born: March 25, 1818
North Andover, MA
Died: September 1, 1862
Chantilly, VA
West Point: June 1839
Second Lieut.: June 1839
First Lieut.: 1840
Brevet Captain:
Brevet Major:
Resigned USA: 1853
Colonel: 1861
Brig. Gen.: Sept. 28, 1861
Killed in Action: Sept. 1, 1862
Maj. Gen. Posthumously:
March 1863
backdated to July 18, 1862
Graduated Phillips Academy, Andover: 1833
West Point Graduate: 1839, Top of his class
Army Corps of Engineers: Assisted in building Fort Adams, Repaired defenses of Portsmouth Harbor, and Building Fort Knox
Mexican-American War: 1846-1848
Seige of Vera Cruz: March 28, 1847
Battle of Cerro Gordo: April 1847
Battle of Contreras: August 20, 1847
Battle of Churubusco: August 20, 1847
Received Brevent Rank of Captain
Battle of Chapultepec: September 13, 1847
Brevet Rank of Captain: September 1847
Battle for Mexico City: September 13-14, 1848
Superintendent of Fortifications along the New England Coast: 1841-1849
Command of Coastal Survey Office: 1849-March 1853
Governor of Washington Territory: March 17, 1853
Territories Delegate to US Congress: 1857-1858
Colonel, 79th New York Volunteers: August 1861
Brig. Gen.: September 28, 1861
Port Royal:
Command of Expeditionary Forces to attack the sea islands of South Carolina
June 16, 1862: Battle of Secessionville
Transferred with his IX Corps Division to Virginia
August 29-30, 1862: Second Battle of Bull Run
Battle of Chantilly: Killed September 1, 1862
Boatner, Mark M. III. The Civil War Dictionary. New York: David McKay, 1967. p 796-797
Warner, Ezra J. Generals In Blue Lives of the Union Commanders. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State, 1964. p 475-476