Killed by a Rebel sharpshooter during the Spotsylvania, Virginia campaign on May 10, 1864

(1836-64) Born in Boston, Massachusetts, he was commissioned colonel of the 24th Massachusetts Infantry, on December 3, 1861. His regiment immediately accompanied General Ambrose E. Burnside's expedition during the operations against Roanoke Island, and New Bern, N.C. Stevenson took part in the defense of Washington, N.C., and directed a brigade in General John G. Foster's Goldsboro Expedition, and at Kinston, N.C. Promoted to brigadier general on December 24, 1862, he then held a series of commands along the Atlantic coast in North and South Carolina. In the summer of 1863, General Stevenson, saw much active service in the Charleston, S.C. campaign as a brigade commander under General Alfred H. Terry. In the spring of 1864, he was assigned to command a division during General U.S. Grant's Overland campaign against Richmond seeing action in the battles of the Wilderness and Spotsylvania, Va. On May 10, 1864, while resting beneath a tree, General Stevenson was shot through the head by a sniper's bullet, and killed instantly. His body was returned to Massachusetts where he was buried at Mount Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge. He was only 28 years old.

Wet plate, albumen carte de visite photograph, mounted to 2 3/8 x 4 1/4 card. 2/3 standing view wearing a double breasted frock coat with rank of brigadier general, as he leans against a studio column. Back mark: J.W. Black, 173 Washington St., Boston. Genl. Stevenson is written in period ink on the front mount. Light age toning. Very fine image.