West Point Officers in the Civil War – Class of 1820

30 officers graduated in the West Point Class of 1820
4 served in the Civil War

Class of 1820 members who served in the Civil War

William Morris 30 Colonel USA
George D. Ramsay 26 Brigadier General USA Ordnance
Daniel Tompkins 10 Colonel USA Quartermaster. Died Feb. 1863 at Brooklyn, N.Y.
John Henry Winder 11 Major General In charge of Confederate prisons. Died Feb. 1865

Cadets who did not serve in the Civil War

Francis N. Barbarin 6 Resigned 1836
Joshua Barney 18 Resigned 1832
William H. Bell 4 Resigned May 1861
Robert S. Brooke 7 Resigned 1820, died 1851
William Buchanan 12 Second Lieutenant Drowned on duty inthe Mississippi, 1822
Edward Butler 9 Disbanded 1848
James A. Chambers 8 Captain Died on duty at Baltimore, Md., 1838
Nicholas Cruger 15 Resigned 1827
William C. DeHart 5 Captain Died on sick leave, 1848
Andrew J. Donelson 2 Resigned 1822
Samuel B. Dusenberry 13 Captain Died on duty at Sante Fe, N.M., 1855
Henry J. Feltus 14 Resigned 1827
Benjamin Gorham 21 Second Lieutenant Died on duty at Ft. Armstrong, Il. 1821
Charles Guerrant 25 Resigned 1820, died 1852
Edgar S. Hawkins 27 Sick leave 1847, retired 1861
Rawlins Lowndes 16 Resigned 1830
George F. Lindsay 19 Major Died on duty iat Washington, 1857
William S. Maitland 28 First Lieutenant Drowned on sick leavenear Chaleston, S.C. 1837
Thomas McArthur 24 Resigned 1820, died 1833
Samuel McRee 22 Major Died on duty at St. Louis, Mo., 1849
Lewis N. Morris 17 Captain Killed at Resaca de la Palma, Texas, 1846
Thomas Noel 23 Major Died on sick leave near Baltimore, 1848
Aaron B. Skinner 29 Disbanded 1821, died 1822
Thomas E. Sudler 3 Resigned 1821, died 1860
Stephen Tuttle 1 First Lieutenant Died on duty at St. Augustine, Fl., 1835
John M. Tufts 20 Resigned 1822

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