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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