42 officers graduated in the West Point Class of 1830
12 served in the Civil War
Class of 1830 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.
| Thomas L. Alexander |  |
29 | Lt. Colonel USA | |
| Lloyd J. Beall |  |
25 | Colonel | Commandant of the CSA Marine Corps |
| Albert Taylor Bledsoe | |
16 | Colonel | Became Asst. Secretary of War |
| Robert Christie Buchanan | |
31 | Brigadier General* | *not confirmed by Senate and expired |
| Meriwether Lewis Clark | |
23 | Colonel | |
| William C. Heyward | |
26 | Colonel | |
| Jesse H. Leavenworth | |
22 | Colonel | |
| John Bankhead Magruder | |
17 | Major General | |
| George W. Patten | |
36 | Lt. Colonel USA | |
| William N. Pendleton | |
3 | Brgadier General | |
| Edwin Rose | |
14 | Colonel | Resigned July 1862, Died Jan. 1864 |
| Robert H.K. Whitely | |
13 | Lt. Colonel USA |
Cadets who did not serve in the Civil War
| John W. Barry | 8 | Resigned 1836, died 1837 | |
| William E. Basinger | 2 | Second Lieutenant | Killed in Dade’s Massacre by the Seminoles, 1835 |
| John H.K. Burwin | 28 | Captain | Mortally wounded at Pueblo de Taos, N.M. 1847 |
| Walter S. Chandler | 3 | Second Lieutenant | Drowned on duty in Mobile Bay, 1835 |
| John M. Clendenin | 41 | First Lieutenant | Died on duty at Madison barracks, N.Y. 1842 |
| John T. Collinsworth | 24 | Resigned 1836, died 1837 | |
| Camillus C. Daviess | 32 | Resigned 1838, died 1842 | |
| Simon H. Drum | 11 | Captain | Killed in the Assaut on Mexico City 1847 |
| William Eustis | 37 | Resigned 1840 | |
| James M. Hill | 20 | Captain | Died on duty at Baltimore, Md. a849 |
| Samuel Kinney | 21 | First Lieutenant | Died on duty at Ft. Gibson, Indian Ter. 1835 |
| George W. Lawson | 6 | Resigned 1831, died 1832 | |
| Thomas J. Lee | 7 | Resigned 1855 | |
| Stephen B. Legate | 42 | Resigned August, died November 1835 | |
| Thomas B. Linnard | 9 | Captain | Died on duty at Philadelphia 1851 |
| David A. Manning | 38 | Second Lieutenant | Died on duty at Key West, Fla., 1835 |
| George W. McClure | 39 | Scond Lieutenant | Died on duty at Cross Timbers, Indian Ter. 1834 |
| John W. Murray | 18 | Bvt. Second Lieutenant | Killed, riding accident, Ft. Gibson, Indian Ter. 1830 |
| Benjamin Poole | 10 | First Lieutenant | Died on duty at St. Augustine Fla., 1839 |
| James H. Prentiss | 12 | Captain | Died on duty at Ft. Polk, Texas, 1848 |
| Joseph Ritner, Jr. | 27 | Second Lieuteant | Died on leave of absence 1834 |
| Richard H. Ross | 40 | Captain | Died on sick leave, 1851 |
| Thomas J. Royster | 34 | Bvt. Second Lieutenant | Died on duty at Rock Island, Ill., 1832 |
| John S. Stoddard | 17 | Resigned 1832, died 1862 | |
| ALexander J. Swift | 1 | Captain | Died on duty at New Orleans, La., 1847 |
| James H. Taylor | 30 | Second Lieutenant | Drowned on duty in Indian Ter. 1835 |
| John S. Vanderveer | 33 | Resigned 1840 | |
| Francis Vinton | 4 | Resigned 1836 | |
| James West | 19 | Second Lieutenant | Died on duty at Ft. Gibson, Indian Ter., 1834 |
| George Wilson | 35 | Resigned 1837 |
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