Sponsored by:

Navy Federal Credit Union
Hazard
Stevens
June 9, 1842

–

October 11, 1918

Cemetery:

Island Cemetery

Awards Received

  • Medal of Honor

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    Captain & Assistant Adjutant General

    Division:

    U.S. Volunteers

    Action Date:

    April 19, 1863
    Date of Issue: June 13, 1894

    The President of the United States of America, in the name of Congress, takes pleasure in presenting the Medal of Honor to Captain & Assistant Adjutant General Hazard Stevens, United States Army, for extraordinary heroism on 19 April 1863, while serving with U.S. Volunteers, in action at Fort Huger, Virginia. Captain Stevens gallantly led a party that assaulted and captured the fort.