31 officers graduated in the West Point Class of 1839
18 served in the Civil War
Class of 1839 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.
Lewis A. Armistead | ![]() |
— | Brigadier General | Dismissed in 1836. Mortally wounded & monument at Gettysburg. |
Henry S. Burton | ![]() |
9 | Colonel USA | |
Edward Richard Sprigg Canby | ![]() |
30 | Major General USV | |
Franklin D. Callender | ![]() |
8 | Major USA | |
Samuel Kennedy Dawson | ![]() |
22 | Lt. Colonel USA | |
Augustus A. Gibson | ![]() |
23 | Colonel | |
Jeremy Francis Gilmer | ![]() |
4 | Major General USV | |
Henry Wager Halleck | ![]() |
3 | Major General USV | |
Joseph Abel Haskin | ![]() |
10 | Brigadier General | |
Henry Jackson Hunt | ![]() |
19 | Major General USV | |
Henry Bethel Judd | ![]() |
14 | Major USA | |
Alexander Robert Lawton | ![]() |
13 | Brigadier General | |
Edward Otho Cresap Ord | ![]() |
17 | Major General USV | |
Eleazer Arthur Paine | ![]() |
24 | Brigadier General | |
James Brewerton Ricketts | ![]() |
16 | Major General USV | |
Isaac Ingalls Stevens | ![]() |
1 | Major General USV | Killed at Chantilly 1862 |
George Thom | ![]() |
7 | Colonel | |
Charles Wickliff | ![]() |
26 | Colonel | Mortally wounded, Shiloh, Tenn., Apr. 1862 |
Cadets who did not serve in the Civil War
Lucius H. Allen | 15 | Resigned 1846. Major General Cal. Militia during war | |
Garrett Barett | 25 | Resigned 1847, drowned wreck of Lady Elgin, 1860 | |
Joseph B. Boyd | 18 | Resigned 1841, died 1845 | |
Robert Q. Butler | 2 | Second Lieutenant | Professor of Engineering USMA; Died at sea 1843 |
Michael S. Culbertson | 6 | Rsigned 1841, died Shanghai, China, 1862 | |
Edgar B. Gaither | 28 | Regiment disbanded 1848, died 1855 | |
Henry D. Grafton | 11 | Resigned 1854, died 1855 | |
John H. Hill | 31 | First Lieutenant | Died on duty Puebla, Mexico, 1847 |
Thomas Hunton | 27 | Declined apointment in army aafter graduation | |
William Irvin | 20 | Resigned 1841, Died 1852 | |
William H. Korn | 29 | Resigned 1840, died 1842 | |
James L. Rankin | 12 | First Lieutenant | Died on duty in riding accident, Savannah, Ga. 1845 |
Henry L. Smith | Captain | Died on duty Madisonville, La. 1853 | |
William S. Smith | 21 | First Lieutenant | Died on duty Kingsbridge, N.Y. 1849 |
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