45 officers graduated in the West Point Class of 1832
15 served in the Civil War
Class of 1832 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.
| James V. Bomford |  |
34 | Colonel USA | |
| Philip St. George Cocke |  |
6 | Brigadier General | Committed suicide December 1861 |
| George B. Crittenden | |
26 | Major General | |
| Albert G. Edwards | |
45 | Brigadier General* | *rank in Misouri militia |
| Benjamin S. Ewell | |
3 | Colonel | Brother to Richard Ewell (USMA ’40) |
| Richard G. Fain | |
20 | Colonel | |
| Erasmus Darwin Keyes | |
10 | Major General USV | |
| Richard Caswell Gatlin | |
35 | Brigadier General USV | |
| Randolph Barnes Marcy | |
29 | Brigadier General USV | |
| John Navarre Macomb, Jr. | |
14 | Colonel | |
| Humphrey Marshall | |
42 | Brigadier General USV | |
| William H. Pettes | |
23 | Colonel USV | Colonel 50th NY Engineer Regiment |
| James H. Simpson | |
18 | Colonel USA | |
| Lorenzo Sitgreaves | |
25 | Lt. Colonel USA | |
| Danie P. Whiting | |
28 | Lt. Colonel USA |
Cadets who did not serve in the Civil War
| Robert H. Archer | 33 | Resigned 1837 | |
| Jacob W. Bailey | 4 | First Lieutenant | Died 1857 |
| John Beach | 38 | Resigned 1838 | |
| James M. Bowman | 43 | First Lieutenant | Died on duty at Ft. Wayne, indian Terr., 1839 |
| John E. Brackett | 16 | Resigned 1833, died 1855 | |
| Jacob Brown | 27 | Resigned 1836, died 1841 | |
| Alfred Brush | 19 | Resigned 1836 | |
| Ward Burnett | 17 | Resigned 1836 | |
| George W. Cass | 4 | Resigned 1836 | |
| Edward Deas | 15 | Captain | Drowned on duty in the Rio Grande, Texas, 1849 |
| Roger S. Dix | 32 | Captain | Died at Hillsborough, Pa., 1849 |
| George H. Griffin | 37 | Captain | Died on duty at Tampa, Fla., 1839 |
| James P. Hardin | 30 | Resigned 1832, died 1842 | |
| Lewis Howell | 12 | Resigned 1833, died 1854 | |
| Thomas M. Hill | 31 | First Lieutenant | Died on duty at at Bath, Me. 1838 |
| William O. Kello | 39 | Captain | Died on sick leave 1848 |
| Gaines P. Kingsbury | 41 | Resigned 1836, died 1839 | |
| Franklin McDuffee | 11 | Bvt. Second Lieutenant | Died on duty at Ft. Dearborn, Ill., 1832 |
| Henry G. Sill | 7 | Second Lieutenant | Died on duty Washington, 1835 |
| Robert Percy Smith | 2 | Resigned 1836, died 1846 | |
| William H. Storer | 36 | Resigned 1839 | |
| Henry Swartout | 40 | Captain | Died on duty at Ft. Meade, Fla., 1852 |
| Tench Tilghman | 22 | Resigned 1833 | |
| Asbury Ury | 44 | First Lieutenant | Died on sick leave, 1838 |
| Joseph C. Vance | 8 | Resigned 1835, killed in carriage accident 1840 | |
| William Wall | 13 | Captain | Died at Puebla, Mexico, 1847 |
| George W. Ward | 1 | Resigned 1836, died 1851 | |
| George Watson | 9 | Resigned 1838 | |
| Theophilus F.J. Wilkinson | 24 | Second Lieutenant | Resigned 1835, died 1840 |
| Henderson K, Yoakum | 21 | Resigned 1833, died 1856 |
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