49 officers graduated in the West Point Class of 1836
16 served in the Civil War
Class of 1836 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.
| Robert Allen |  |
33 | Brigadier General USV | |
| Joseph Reid Anderson |  |
4 | Brigadier General | Owned Tredegar Iron Works |
| David P. De Witt | |
14 | Colonel USV | |
| James Lowry Donaldson | |
15 | Colonel USV | |
| Peter V. Hagner | |
25 | Lt. Colonel USA | |
| Danville Leadbetter | |
3 | Brigadier General | |
| Henry Hays Lockwood | |
22 | Brigadier General USV | |
| Montgomery Cunningham Meigs | |
5 | Brigadier General USA | |
| John Wolcott Phelps | |
24 | Brigadier General | |
| Thomas West Sherman | |
18 | Brigadier General | |
| Richard G. Stockton | |
44 | Brigadier General* | *rank in Missouri militia |
| George C. Thomas | |
35 | Major General* | *rank as commander of D.C. militia |
| Lloyd Tilghman | |
46 | Brigadier General | Killed at Champion Hill 1863 |
| Christopher Q. Tompkins | |
27 | Colonel* | *rank in Virginia militia |
| Daniel Phineas Woodbury | |
6 | Brigadier General USV | Died of Yellow Fever 8/15/64 at Key West |
| Israel Carle Woodruff | |
30 | Lt. Colonel USA | Engineers |
Cadets who did not participate in the Civil War
| Augustus P. Allen | 9 | First Lieutenant | Died on duty Ft. Jesup, La., 1841 |
| William B. Arvin | 31 | Resigned 1836, died 1863 | |
| Robert F. Baker | 39 | Cashiered for drunkeness 1844, died 1845 | |
| Samuel J. Bransford | 8 | First Lieutenant | Killed in riding accident, West Point, 1840 |
| Martin J. Burke | 28 | Captain | Killed at Churubusco, Meico, 1847 |
| Thomas P. Chifelle | 45 | Resigned 1836 | |
| Barnabas Conkling | 11 | First Lieutenant | Died on duty Ft. Niagra, 1839 |
| Alexander P. Crittenden | 21 | Resigned 1836 | |
| Charles B. Daniels | 37 | Captain | Mortally wounded Churubusco, 1847 |
| William Frazer | 34 | First Lieutenant | Died on duty Lancaster, Pa., 1844 |
| Collinson Reed Gates | 42 | Captain | Died on duty at Fredericksburg, Texas 1849 |
| Christoper A. Greene | 23 | Resigned 1837, died 1853 | |
| Marcus C.M. Hammond | 43 | Resigned 1847 | |
| John S. Hatheway | 32 | Captain | Died on duty New York City, 1853 |
| Charles Hoskins | 40 | First Lieutenant | Killed Battle of Monterey, Mexico, 1846 |
| John W. Judson | 29 | Declined appointment in army on graduation | |
| Arthur B. Lansing | 36 | Resigned 1851 | |
| Fisher A. Lewis | 7 | Resigned 1838 | |
| Roland A. Luther | 17 | Captain | Died on duty New Holland, Pa., 1853 |
| Marlborough Churchill | 13 | Resigned 1836 | |
| James L. Mason | 2 | Captain | Died on duty San Francisco, Ca. 1853 |
| Thomas McCrate | 47 | First Lieutenant | Died on sick leave 1845 |
| William Hoover Mock | 38 | Resigned 1841 | |
| Henry C. Moorhead | Resigned 1836, died Apr. 1861 | ||
| John P.J. O’Brien | 16 | Captain | Died on duty Indianola, Texas 1850 |
| John F. Roland | 19 | Captain | Died on duty Castle Pinckney, S.C. 1852 |
| Muscoe L. Shackleford | 26 | First Lieutenant | Mortally wounded, Molino del Rey, Mexico, 1847 |
| Charles B. Sing | 20 | Resigned 1837 | |
| Charles H.E. Spoor | 49 | Second Lieutenant | Died on duty at Lockport, N.Y. 1838 |
| William Bradford Wallace | 12 | Resigned 1836, died 1841 | |
| William H. Warner | 10 | First Lieutenant | Killed by indians on duty in Sierra Nevadas 1849 |
| George L. Welcker | 1 | Captain | Died on duty Savannah, Ga., 1848 |
| Samuel Whitehorn | 41 | First Lieutenant | Died on duty Ft. Winnebago, Wis. 1840 |
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