Aaron Fletcher Stevens (August 9, 1819 – May 10, 1887) was a Union Army officer during the American Civil War and a two-term U.S.

[1][2] He spent his childhood in both Londonderry and also nearby Peterborough and attended Pinkerton Academy.

When the Civil War began he joined the 1st New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry as a major.

[1] He rejoined the Union Army on September 23, 1862 as colonel of the new 13th New Hampshire Infantry Regiment.

[1] On December 12, 1864, President Abraham Lincoln nominated Stevens for appointment to the grade of brevet brigadier general of volunteers, to rank from December 8, 1864, and the United States Senate confirmed the appointment on March 10, 1865.