Gen. Edward Stevens (ca. 1745-1820)

Gen. Edward Stevens (ca. 1745-1820) is a Virginia historical marker in Culpeper County, dedicated 2025.

Rte. 229, 150 feet south of intersection with Johnson St.

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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.

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1755 · Virginie, Maryland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1776 · Map of the most Inhabited part of Virginia containing ... Maryland. (Northern Section) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1794 · Virginia, Maryland and Delaware. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1814 · Maryland (1814) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1822 · Maryland (Carey, 1822) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

Virginie, Maryland, 1755, covering the location of Gen. Edward Stevens (ca. 1745-1820), with a pin at the marker's coordinates — Virginie, Maryland, 1755, covering this location. David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries. The pin is ours, placed from the marker's coordinates.

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Gen. Edward Stevens (ca. 1745-1820)

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