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Clement H. Stevens : ウィキペディア英語版 | Clement H. Stevens
Clement Hoffman Stevens (August 14, 1821 – July 25, 1864) was a Confederate States Army brigadier general during the American Civil War (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 was killed in action at the Battle of Peachtree Creek during the Atlanta Campaign. ==Early life== Clement H. Stevens was born August 14, 1821 at Norwich, Connecticut.〔Eicher, John H., and David J. Eicher. ''Civil War High Commands''. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 2001. ISBN 0-8047-3641-3. p. 509.〕 He was the son of a Southern naval officer and his wife who was from South Carolina.〔〔Longacre, Edward G. "Stevens, Clement Hoffman" in ''Historical Times Illustrated History of the Civil War'', edited by Patricia L. Faust. New York: Harper & Row, 1986. ISBN 978-0-06-273116-6. p. 717〕〔Warner, Ezra J. ''Generals in Gray: Lives of the Confederate Commanders.'' Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1959. ISBN 0-8071-0823-5. pp. 291–292〕 They moved the family to Florida when Clement was young and then moved to Pendleton, South Carolina in 1836.〔〔〔 Stevens served several years at sea as secretary to two relatives who were United States Navy officers, Commodore (later Rear Admiral) William Shubrick and Commodore William Bee.〔〔 Stevens married a sister of future Confederate Brigadier Generals Barnard Bee and Hamilton Bee, his cousins.〔〔Boatner, Mark Mayo, III. ''The Civil War Dictionary''. New York: McKay, 1988. ISBN 0-8129-1726-X. First published New York, McKay, 1959. p. 796〕 By 1842, he had become a bank cashier at Charleston, South Carolina.〔〔 He also became an ordnance expert.〔 In December 1860, when South Carolina seceded from the Union, Stevens also was a member of a railroad construction company.〔
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