37 officers graduated in the West Point Class of 1825
10 served in the Civil War
Class of 1825 members who served in the Civil War
For Federal officers indicated rank is as U.S. Volunteers unless shown as “USA,” which indicates rank in the Regular U.S. Army.
| Robert Anderson |  |
15 | Brigadier General USA | Defender of Fort Sumter |
| Alexander Bowman | |
3 | Colonel USA | Superintendent USMA 1861-64 |
| Osborne Cross | |
26 | Lt. Colonel USA | |
| Daniel Smith Donelson |  |
5 | Major General | Died of disease April, 1863 |
| Benjamin Huger | |
8 | Major General USV | |
| William Reading Montgomery | |
28 | Brigadier General USV | |
| Nathaniel H. Street | |
23 | unknown | |
| Charles Ferguson Smith | |
19 | Major General USA | Died of dysentery and infection, Apr. 1862 |
| Washington Seawell | |
20 | Colonel USA | |
| William A. Thornton | |
12 | Colonel USA | Ordnance staff |
Cadets who did not serve in the Civil War
| Samuel R. Allston | 37 | Resigned Jan. and died Feb. 1836 | |
| James J. Anderson | 30 | Resigned 1830, died 1845 | |
| ALexander D. Bache | 1 | ||
| Joseph Bonnell | 27 | Captain | Died on duty at Philadelphia 1840 |
| Abbot H. Brisbane | 10 | Disbanded 1836 | |
| Thomas S. Brown | 4 | Resigned 1836, died 1855 | |
| James D. Burnham | 31 | Second Lieutenant | Died on duty Old Point Comfort, Va. 1828 |
| Lawrence Carter | 21 | First Lieutenant | Died on duty at Ft. Gibson, Indian Terr., 1837 |
| Joesph Clay | 36 | Second Lieutenant | Died on duty Ft. Gratiot, Mi., 1832 |
| Gustavus Dorr | 32 | Died in insane Asylum, Somervile, Ma., 1855 | |
| James Engle | 35 | Resigned 1834 | |
| George Garey | 34 | First Lieutenant | Died on duty Talbt Cty. Md., 1834 |
| Joseph W. Harris | 13 | Resigned 1833, died 1837 | |
| N. Sayre Harris | 25 | Resigned 1835 | |
| William Penn Hopkins | 11 | Resigned 1836, died 1859 | |
| James R. Irwin | 17 | Captain | Died in Mexico City 1848 |
| Alexander D. Mackay | 16 | First Lieutenant | Drowned on duty St. John’s, Fl., 1836 |
| Peter McMartin | 2 | Resigned 1826, died 1830 | |
| Frederick Norcom | 22 | Resigned 1832 | |
| Stephen V.R. Ryan | 6 | Resigned 1833, died 1840 | |
| Ralph Smead | 7 | Captain | Died on duty at Ft. Monroe,Va., 1848 |
| Horace Smith | 18 | Second Lieutenant | Died on duty at St. Augustine, Fl., 1828 |
| Francis Taylor | 9 | Major | Died on duty at Ft. Brown, Tx., 1858 |
| Frederick Thomas | 33 | Second Lieutenant | Drowned on duty near Ft. Gibson, Indian Terr., 1831 |
| James S. Thompson | 29 | First Lieutenent | Died on sick leave 1836, as H. St. James Linden |
| Martin J. Williams | 14 | Resigned 1827 | |
| Joseph S. Worth | 24 | Captain | Died on duty at St. Augustine, Fl., 1846 |
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