19 officers graduated in the West Point Class of 1817
4 served in the Civil War.
There was no class ranking until 1818.
Class of 1817 members who served in the Civil War
| Ethan Allen Hitchcock |  |
Major General USV | |
| James D. Graham | |
Colonel USA | Corps of Engineers. Brother to William (below) |
| Richard B. Lee |  |
Colonel | |
| Angus McDonald | |
Colonel | Died Jan. 1865 at Richmond, Va. |
Cadets who did not serve in the Civil War
| Isaac Adams | First Lieutenant | Died 1829 at Baton Rouge, La. |
| Henry Berryman | Resigned 1833, died 1859 | |
| Charles Despinville | Resigned March, died May 1830 | |
| Constant Eakin | Resigned 1828 | |
| William M. Graham | Lieutenant Colonel | Killed at Molino del Rey, Mexico, 1847. Brother to James (above) |
| Frederick L. Griffith | First Lieutenant | Died 1832 on sick leave at Alexandria, D.C. |
| John C. Kirk | Resigned 1823, died 1825 | |
| Edward J. Lambert | Resigned 1823, died 1832 | |
| Ambrose Madison | Resigned 1818, died ? | |
| William Gibbs McNeill | Resigned 1837, died 1853 | |
| John D. Orr | Disbanded 1821, died 1822 | |
| Augustus L. Roufort | Resigned 1841 | |
| James Spencer | First Lieutenant | Died 1829 at Bay of St. Louis, La. |
| John R. Vinton | Captain | Killed at Vera Cruz, Mexico, 1847 |
| John M. Washington | Major | Drowned 1853 in S.S. San Francisco disaster |
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