Aaron Dwight Stevens

Aaron Dwight Stevens
Born(1831-03-15)March 15, 1831
Lisbon, New London County, Connecticut, U.S.
DiedMarch 16, 1860(1860-03-16) (aged 29)
Charles Town, West Virginia
Cause of deathExecution by hanging
OccupationChief military aide to John Brown
Known forAbolitionist
Young Aaron Dwight Stevens

Aaron Dwight Stevens (sometimes misspelled Stephens) (March 15, 1831 – March 16, 1860) was an American abolitionist. The only one of John Brown's raiders with military experience, he was the chief military aide to Brown during his failed raid on the federal arsenal in Harpers Ferry, Virginia. For his role in the raid, Stevens was executed on March 16, 1860. He was 29.[1]

  1. ^ "John Brown: The Conspirators Biographies". www2.iath.virginia.edu. Archived from the original on 2018-08-10. Retrieved 2018-07-05.