56 officers graduated in the West Point Class of 1842
34 served in the Civil War
Class of 1842 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.
| James W. Abert |  |
55 | Major USA | |
| Barton S. Alexander | |
7 | Major USA | Corps of Engineers |
| Richard Heron Anderson (bio) |  |
40 | Lieutenant General | |
| Alexander G. Beckwith | |
13 | Colonel | |
| James G. Benton | |
11 | Major USA | Ordnance Staff |
| Napoleon Jackson Tecumseh Dana | |
29 | Major General | |
| Abner Doubleday | |
24 | Major General | Monument at Gettysburg |
| Henry Lawrence Eustis | |
1 | Brigadier General | |
| Samuel B. Hayman | |
51 | Colonel | |
| Daniel Harvey Hill | |
28 | Lieutenant General | |
| John Hillhouse | |
20 | Captain | |
| Charles D. Jordan | |
44 | Major, USA | |
| Charles L. Kilburg | |
22 | Major USA | Commissary staff |
| Ralph W. Kirkham | |
37 | Major USA | Quartermaster staff |
| John D. Kurtz | |
4 | Major USA | Corps of Engineers |
| Theodore T.S. Laidley | |
6 | Major USA | Ordnance Staff |
| George W. Lay | |
41 | Colonel | |
| James Longstreet | |
54 | Lieutenant General | Monument at Gettysburg |
| Mansfield Lovell | |
9 | Major General | |
| John S. McCalmont | |
32 | Colonel | |
| Lafayette McLaws (bio) | |
48 | Major General | |
| Eugene McLean | |
47 | Major | |
| John Newton | |
2 | Major General | |
| John Pope | |
17 | Major General | |
| George W. Rains | |
3 | Colonel | |
| William Starke Rosecrans | |
5 | Major General | |
| Armistead T.M. Rust | |
31 | Colonel | |
| Gustavus Woodson Smith | |
8 | Major General | |
| Martin Luther Smith | |
16 | Major General | |
| Alexander Peter Stewart | |
12 | Lieutenant General | |
| Joseph Stewart | |
18 | Captain USA | |
| George Sykes (bio) | |
39 | Major General | |
| Earl Van Dorn | |
52 | Major General | |
| Seth Williams | |
23 | Brigadier General |
Cadets who did not serve in the Civil War
| Charles T. Baker | 50 | Resigned 1851 | |
| Jenks Beaman | 35 | First Lieutenant | Died on duty, Tampico, Mexico, 1848 |
| Calvin Benjamin | 10 | First Lieutenant | Killed in assault on Mexico City, 1847 |
| Isaac Bowen | 15 | Captain | Died on sick leave, 1858 |
| Hachalliah Brown | 25 | First Lieutenant | Died on duty, Jefferson Barracks, Mo. 1853 |
| John D. Clark | 36 | First Lieutenant | Drowned on duty near Helena, Ark. 1848 |
| Frederick J. Denman | 27 | First Lieutenant | Died on duty, Ft. Smith, Texas, 1853 |
| David Gibson | 21 | Second Lieutenant | Died on duty Tampico, Mexico, 1847 |
| Cyrus Hall | 38 | Second Lieutenant | Died on duty, Texas, 1849 |
| Thomas C. Hammond | 49 | Second Lieutenant | Killed leading charge San Pasqual, Cal. 1846 |
| James O. Handy | 55 | Second Lieutenant | Died on duty, Corpus Christi, Texas 1845 |
| Richard W. Johnston | 19 | Resigned 1847, died 1857. | |
| Lucien Loeser | 26 | Resigned 1858 | |
| George T. Mason | 43 | Second Lieutenant | Killed in skirmish near Ft. Brow, Texas, 1846 |
| Patrick Noble | 33 | First Lieutenant | Died on duty, Abbeville, S.C. 1848 |
| Allen H. Norton | 30 | First Lieutenant | Drowned on duty in Long Island Sound, 1846 |
| Christopher R. Perry | 53 | First Lieutenant | Died at sea on duty 1848 |
| James W. Schureman | 42 | First Lieutenant | Died on duty near San Francisco, Cal., 1852 |
| Henry W. Stanton | 45 | Captain | Killed in skirmish with Apaches in N.M., 1855 |
| Henry C. Story | 34 | Resigned 1844 | |
| Andrew J. Williamson | 46 | Resigned 1851 |
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