Gen. Edward Stevens (ca. 1745-1820)

Here is buried Edward Stevens, an officer in the Revolutionary War and a longtime resident of Culpeper. As lieutenant colonel of the Culpeper Minute Men, he led a sharp attack on the British at the Battle of Great Bridge on 9 Dec. 1775. He next served in the Continental Line as colonel of the 10th Virginia Infantry and fought in the Battles of Brandywine and Germantown in 1777. Later appointed a brigadier general of the Virginia militia, he led troops in the Battle of Camden in 1780, was wounded at Guilford Court House in 1781, and was present at the Siege of Yorktown. Stevens represented Spotsylvania, Orange, and Culpeper in the Senate of Virginia during most sessions between 1776 and 1790.