56 officers graduated in the West Point Class of 1835
25 served in the Civil War
Class of 1835 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.
| Horace Brooks |  |
9 | Colonel USA | |
| Arnoldus V. Brumby |  |
7 | Colonel | |
| William H. De Forest | |
35 | Captain USA | Resigned 1862, died 1864. |
| Joseph H. Eaton | |
43 | Major USA | Paymaster staff |
| Peter C. Gaillard | |
29 | Colonel | |
| William N. Grier | |
54 | Lt. Colonel USA | |
| William Griffin | |
27 | Colonel | |
| Herman Haupt | |
29 | Colonel USV | Declined appointment as Brigadier General |
| Henry L. Kendrick | |
16 | Captain USA | Science professor at USMA during war |
| John H. Martindale | |
3 | Brigadier General USV | |
| Hugh McLeod | |
56 | Colonel | Died of pneumonia 1862 |
| George Gordon Meade | |
19 | Major General USA | Monument at Gettysburg |
| George Webb Morell | |
1 | Brigadier General USV | Major General nomination expired without approval |
| Henry Morris Naglee | |
23 | Brigadier General USV | |
| Marsena Rudolph Patrick | |
46 | Brigadier General USV | |
| Henry Prince | |
30 | Brigadier General USV | |
| Isaac V.D. Reeve | |
45 | Colonel USA | |
| Bejnjamin S. Roberts | |
53 | Brigadier General USV | |
| Joseph Roberts | |
8 | Colonel USV | |
| Larkin Smith | |
47 | Brigadier General | Asst. Quartermaster General, C.S.A. |
| James Hughes Stokes | |
17 | Brigadier General USV | |
| Robert A. Wainwright | |
52 | Lt. Colonel USA | |
| James M. Wells | |
39 | Colonel | |
| Charles J. Whiting | |
4 | Major USA | Dismissed 1863 for disrespect to the President |
| Jones Mitchell Withers | |
44 | Major General |
Cadets who did not serve in the Civil War
| Thomas B. Arden | Resigned 1842. ADC in New York Militia during war. | ||
| William H. Betts | 20 | Rsigned 1839, died 1840. | |
| Charles H. Bigelow | 2 | Resigned 1846 | |
| Montgomery Blair | 18 | Resigned 1836. Postmaster General during war. | |
| Lucius Bradbury | 51 | Resigned 1835, died 1850. | |
| Thomas L. Brent | 55 | Captain | Died on duty, Ft. Leavenworth, Kansas, 1858 |
| William Spencer Brown | 15 | Resigned 1835, drowned 1852. | |
| Archibald Campbell | 24 | Resigned 1836 | |
| James N. Ellis | 13 | Resigned 1835, died 1839. | |
| John H. Hanley | 26 | 2nd Lieutenant | Killed on duty, Kansas, 1836 |
| Weightman K. Hanson | 22 | 1st Lieutenant | Died 1844, Math professor at USMA |
| Richard Henderson | 12 | Bvt. 2nd Lieutenant | Killed in Dade’s Massacre by Seminoles, Dec. 1835 |
| William S. Henry | 40 | Captain | Died on duty, New York City, 1851 |
| Alfred Herbert | 6 | Resigned 1837 | |
| Abraham Johnston | 28 | Captain | Killed leading charge at San Pasqual, Cal., 1846 |
| John L. Keais | 14 | Bvt. 2nd Lieutenant | Killed in Dade’s Massacre by Seminoles, Dec. 1835 |
| George M. Legate | 5 | Resigned 1836 | |
| Alexander S. Macomb | 25 | Resigned 1841 | |
| William McD. McKissack | 37 | Captain | Died on duty Pittsburg, Pa., 1849 |
| Alexander M. Mitchell | 33 | Resigned 1837, died Feb. 1861 | |
| James M. Morgan | 10 | Resigned 1847, died 1853. | |
| Samuel M. Plummer | 32 | Captain | Died on duty, Ft. Merrill, Texas 1851 |
| Robert M. Renick | 11 | Resigned 1836 | |
| John W. Scott | 46 | Resigned 1836, died 1859. | |
| John M. Scott | 41 | Captain | Died on duty Frankfort, Ky., 1850 |
| George W. Shaw | 42 | Resigned 1836, died 1854. | |
| Alexander H. Tappen | 34 | Resigned 1838 | |
| Philip R. Thompson | 36 | Cashiered 1855, died 1857. | |
| S. Theodore Tibbatts | 38 | 1st Lieutenant | Died on duty, Louisville, Ky., 1838 |
| George G. Waggaman | 21 | Resigned 1861 | |
| Joseph H. Whipple | 50 | Captain | Died on duty, Perote, Mexico, 1847 |
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