33 officers graduated in the West Point Class of 1831
12 served in the Civil War
Class of 1831 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.
| Jacob Ammen |  |
12 | Brigadier General USV | |
| William Chapman | |
15 | Lt. Colonel USA | |
| Samuel Ryan Curtis | |
27 | Brigadier General USV | |
| William Hemsley Emory | |
14 | Major General USV | |
| Andrew Atkinson Humphreys | |
13 | Major General USV | Monument at Gettysburg and Fredericksburg |
| Albert Miller Lea |  |
5 | Colonel | |
| Thomas Jefferson McKean | |
19 | Brigadier General USV | |
| Lucius Bellinger Northrop | |
22 | Colonel | Appointed B.G. but never submitted to the Senate |
| Horatio Phillips Van Cleve | |
24 | Brigadier General USV | |
| Henry Van Rensselaer | |
20 | Colonel USA | Died at Cincinatti, Ohio, 1864 |
| Charles Whittlesey | |
32 | Colonel USV | |
| James S. Williams | |
28 | Unknown |
Cadets who did not serve in the Civil War
| Bradford Ripley Alden | 25 | Resigned due to wound disability, 1853 | |
| James Allen | 3 | Resigned 1834, died 1847 | |
| Henry Clay, Jr. | 2 | Lt. Colonel | Mortally wounded at Buena Vista, Mexico 1846 |
| John Conrad | 33 | First Lieutenant | Died on duty at James Island, Fla., 1838 |
| Erasmus F. Covington | 23 | Resigned 1833, died 1838 | |
| Elbridge G. Eastman | 17 | Second Lieutenant | Died on duty at Ft. Gibson, Indian Terr. 1834 |
| John G. Harvey | 31 | Resigned 1833 | |
| Charles H. Larnard | 16 | Captain | Drowned on duty in Puget Sound, Wash., 1854 |
| Samuel H. Miller | 10 | Rsigned 1833, died 1834 | |
| William A. Norton | 7 | Resigned 1833 | |
| Edmund A. Ogden | 21 | Captain | Died on duty at Ft. Riley, Kan., 1855 |
| Roswell Park | 1 | Resigned 1836 | |
| Richard H. Peyton | 6 | First Lieutenant | Died on duty at Tampa Bay, Fla., 1839 |
| Henry Prentiss | 4 | Resgned 1835 | |
| Samuel C. Ridgely | 9 | Captain | Died on sick leave, 1859 |
| Moses Scott | 18 | Resigned 1835, died 1857 | |
| Thomas Stockton | 26 | Resigned 1836, died 1860 | |
| George H. Talcott | 11 | Captain | Died on duty at Indian Springs, Ga., 1854 |
| George W. Turner | 8 | Resigned 1836. Killed in John Brown’s Raid, 1859 | |
| Frederick Wilkinson | 30 | Resigned 1835, died 1841 | |
| Ingham Wood | 29 | Resigned 1836, died 1837 |
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