Clement H. Stevens

Clement Hoffman Stevens (August 14, 1821 – July 25, 1864) was a Confederate States Army brigadier general during the American Civil War. He designed and constructed the iron-clad battery on Morris Island at the mouth of Charleston Harbor which was used in the bombardment of Fort Sumter at the outbreak of the Civil War. He died of wounds received at the Battle of Peachtree Creek.

Early life and career Stevens was born August 14, 1821, at Norwich, Connecticut. He was the son of a Southern naval officer and his wife who was from South Carolina. They moved the family to Florida when Clement was young and then moved to Pendleton, South Carolina in 1836. By 1842, he had become a bank cashier at Charleston, South Carolina.

Stevens became aide-de-camp for his brother-in-law, Brigadier General Barnard Bee, between April 1861 and July 21, 1861 when Bee was killed in action at the Battle of First Bull Run soon after bestowing the nickname "Stonewall" on then Brigadier General Thomas J. Jackson.

Stevens died at Atlanta, Georgia, July 25, 1864, five days after he was mortally wounded in battle. By the time of his death, Stevens had the nickname of "Rock." Clement Hoffman Stevens is buried at St. Paul's Episcopal Church Cemetery, Pendleton, South Carolina.