45 officers graduated in the West Point Class of 1838
21 served in the Civil War
Class of 1838 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.
| William Austime |  |
25 | Major USA | |
| William Farquar Barry | |
17 | Brigadier General USV | |
| Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard |  |
2 | General | |
| William R. Blair | |
11 | Major | |
| Buckner Board | |
10 | Colonel USV | |
| Langdon C. Easton | |
22 | Colonel USV | |
| Robert Seaman Granger | |
28 | Brigadier General USV | |
| William Joseph Hardee | |
26 | Lieutenant General | |
| Milton Haynes | |
18 | Lt. Colonel | |
| Edward Johnston | |
32 | Major General | |
| Irvin McDowell | |
23 | Major General USV | |
| Justus McKinstry | |
40 | Brigadier General USV | Dismissed January 1863 |
| William A. Nicholls | |
19 | Colonel SV | |
| Owen P. Ransom | |
29 | Colonel USV | |
| Alexander Welch Reynolds | |
35 | Brigadier General | |
| Charles F. Ruff | |
44 | Lt. Colonel USA | |
| Henry Hopkins Sibley | |
31 | Brigadier General | |
| Andrew Jackson Smith | |
36 | Major General USV | |
| Carter Littlepage Stevenson | |
42 | Major General | |
| James Heyward Trapier | |
3 | Brigadier General | |
| Henry Constantine Wayne | |
14 | Brigadier General |
Cadets who did not serve in the Civil War
| Ripley A. Arnold | 33 | Captain | Murdered on duty at Ft. Graham, Texas, 1853 |
| Stephen H. Campbell | 4 | First Lieutenant | Died on duty Jacksonville, Fla., 1845 |
| Thomas Casey | 8 | Resigned 1839, died 1847 | |
| Leslie Chase | 21 | Captain | Died on duty, Ft. Johnston, N.C., 1847 |
| Robert M. Cochran | 39 | Cashiered for drunkeness, 1844, killed 1847 | |
| Alexander H. Dearborn | 6 | First Lieutenant | Died on duty Mt. Vernon Arsenal, Al., 1853 |
| Constant Freeman | 34 | Second Lieutenant | Died on duty at Ft. Wayne, Indian Terr., 1839 |
| John C. Fletcher | 20 | Resigned 1840 | |
| Richard H. Graham | 43 | First Lieutenant | Mortally wounded Monterey, Mexico, 1846 |
| Charles J. Hughes | 37 | Second Lieutenant | Died near Ft. Brooke, Fla. 1839 |
| William Hulbert | 38 | Second Lieutenant | Killed by Seminoles near Ft. Brooke, Fla., 1839 |
| Zebulon M.P. Inge | 45 | First Lieutenant | Kiled at Resaca de la Palma, Mexico, 1846 |
| Rowley S. Jennings | 24 | Second Lieutenant | Died on duty near St. Augustine, Fla., 1839 |
| James M. Ketchum | 13 | Resigned 1844, died 1844 | |
| John H. Matthews | 30 | Second Lieutenant | Died on duty, Camp Worth, Texas, 1838 |
| Hamilton W. Merrill | 27 | Resigned 1857 | |
| John T. Metcalfe | 7 | Resigned 1840 | |
| Ferdinand S. Mumford | 41 | Resigned 1849 | |
| Lucius Pitkin | 15 | Rsigned 1844 | |
| Isaac S.K. Reeves | 9 | Captain | Died on sick leave 1851 |
| Thomas Lee Ringgold | 12 | Captain | Died on duty at Washington, 1854 |
| Jeremiah Mason Scarritt | 5 | Captain | Died on duty, Key West, Fla., 1854 |
| William H. Shover | 16 | Captain | Died on duty at West Point, 1850 |
| William H, Wright | 1 | First Lieutenant | Died on duty Wilmington, N.C. 1845 |
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