43 officers graduated in the West Point Class of 1833
17 served in the Civil War
Class of 1833 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.
| Benjamin Alvord |  |
22 | Brigadier General USA | |
| John Gross Barnard | |
2 | Brigadier General USV | |
| George Washington Cullum | |
3 | Brigadier General USV | |
| J. Lucius Davis |  |
16 | Colonel | |
| Henry Du Pont | |
21 | Major General* | *rank as commander of Delaware militia |
| David Bullock Harris | |
7 | Colonel | Died of yellow fever in Charleston, S.C. Oct. 1864 |
| Thomas Johns | |
38 | Colonel USV | |
| Rufus King | |
4 | Brigadier General USV | |
| Roswell W. Lee | |
8 | Colonel | |
| Abraham C. Myers | |
32 | Colonel | |
| George Hay Ringgold | |
33 | Lt. Colonel USA | |
| Daniel Ruggles | |
34 | Brigadier General | |
| Henry L. Scott | |
41 | Colonel USA | |
| Edmund Schriver | |
17 | Colonel USA | |
| Alexander E. Shiras | |
20 | Brigadier General USA | |
| William H. Sidell | |
6 | Lt. Colonel USA | |
| Henry Walton Wessels | |
29 | Brigadier General USV |
Cadets who did not serve in the Civil War
| John H. Allen | 19 | Resigned 1836 | |
| James W. Anderson | 35 | Captain | Mortally wounded at Churubusco, Aug. 1847 |
| Jacob E. Blake | 25 | First Lieutenant | Killed at Palo Alto, Texas, May 1846 |
| William W.S. Bliss | 8 | Captain | Died on duty at East Pascagoula, Mis., 1853 |
| Isaac R.D. Burnett | 24 | First Lieutenant | Died on duty at Detroit, Mich., Mar. 1846 |
| Erastus A. Capron | 10 | Captain | Killed at Churubusco, Mexico Aug. 1847 |
| John P. Center | 30 | First Lieutenant | Killed at Okeechobee, Fla., Dec. 1837 |
| George D. Dimon | 23 | Bvt. Second Lieutenant | Died on duty at Ft. Crawford, Wis. Sep. 1834 |
| Benjamin E. Du Bose | 39 | AWOL from graduation leave 1833 | |
| Isaiah Garrett | 11 | Resigned 1833 | |
| David E. Hale | 13 | First Lieutenant | Died on duty at Plattsburg, N.Y., Apr. 1839 |
| Joseph P. Harrison | 40 | Resigned July and died Oct. 1839 | |
| John L. Hooper | 26 | Resigned March and died at sea 1840 | |
| Nathaniel Hunter | 43 | Captain | Died on sick leave 1849 |
| George H. Pegram | 31 | Resigned 1841, died 1854 | |
| James McClure | 36 | Second Lieutenant | Died on duty Ft. Brooke, Fla., 1838 |
| John W. McCrabb | 28 | Captain | Died on duty at St. Augustine, Fla., Nov. 1839 |
| John H. Miller | 12 | Captain | Died on sick leave 1850 |
| Robert R. Mudge | 14 | Second Lieutenant | Killed in Dade’s Massacre, Fla., Dec. 1835 |
| J. Chester Reid | 37 | First Lieutenant | Died on duty at Wheeling, Va., 1845 |
| Joel Riggs | 27 | Resigned 1833 | |
| Augustine Seaton | 42 | Second Lieutenant | Died on duty, Ft. Gibson, Indian Terr., 1835 |
| Francis H. Smith | 5 | Resigned 1836. Superintendant Va. Military Institute | |
| Frederic A. Smith | 1 | Captain | Died on duty at Washington, 1852 |
| John A. Thomas | 15 | Resigned 1846, died 1858 | |
| Henry Waller | 18 | Resigned 1833 |
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