41 cadets graduated
Cadets who served in the Civil War
George Pearce Andrews | ![]() |
15 | Captain USA | |
Bernard Elliott Bee | ![]() |
33 | Brigadier General | Killed at First Manassas (Bull Run) |
Josiah H. Carlisle | ![]() |
9 | Captain USA | |
Henry B. Clitz | ![]() |
36 | Lt. Colonel USA | |
John Wynn Davidson | ![]() |
27 | Brigadier General | |
John Porter Hatch | ![]() |
17 | Major General | |
Gordon Granger | ![]() |
35 | Major General | |
John Porter Hatch | ![]() |
17 | Brigadier General | Awarded Medal of Honor for South Mountain |
James Morrison Hawes | ![]() |
29 | Brigadier General | |
Louis Hébert | ![]() |
3 | Brigadier General | |
Edward B. Hunt | ![]() |
2 | Major USA | Killed testing experimentlal weapon Oct. 1863 |
Thomas Gamble Pitcher | ![]() |
40 | Brigadier General | |
Fitz John Porter | ![]() |
8 | Major General | |
Richard C.W. Radford | ![]() |
31 | Captain | Colonel |
Thomas G. Rhett | ![]() |
6 | Major | Brigadier General of S.C. state troops |
David Allen Russell | ![]() |
38 | Brigadier General | Killed at the Third Battle of Winchester, or Opequon |
Delos B. Sackett | ![]() |
32 | Colonel USA | |
Edmund Kirby Smith | ![]() |
25 | Major General | |
William Farrar Smith | ![]() |
4 | Major General | |
Charles Pomeroy Stone | ![]() |
7 | Brigadier General | |
Thomas John Wood | ![]() |
5 | Major General | |
William Wood | ![]() |
37 | Lt. Colonel USA | |
William Henry Chase Whiting | ![]() |
1 | Major General |
Cadets who did not serve in the Civil War
William T. Allen | 23 | Second Lieutenant | Died of disease on duty Texas, 1845 |
Bezaleel W. Armstrong | 22 | Second Lieutenant | Died on sick leave New Lisbon, Ohio 1849 |
Francis Collins | 12 | Resigned 1850 | |
Henry Coppée | 11 | Resigned 1855 | |
William L. Crittenden | 41 | Resigned 1849. Executed in Cuba 1851. | |
George Edwards | 10 | Resigned 1851 | |
Patrick A. Farrelly | 20 | First Lieutenant | Killed in riding accident on duty, Arkansas 1851 |
Joseph F. Farry | 13 | First Lieutenant | Killed Molino Del Rey Sep. 1847 |
Newton C. Givens | 30 | Captain | Died on sick leave, Texas, 1859 |
Abram B. Lincoln | 21 | First Lieutenant | Died on sick leave Florida, 1852 |
Joseph McElvain | 39 | Second Lieutenant | Killed on duty, accidentally shot self, N.M. 1847 |
Henry Merrill | 19 | Second Lieutenant | Killed by accident at sea off Texas 1845 |
Thomas J. Montgomery | 26 | Captain | Died on duty Ft. Steilacoom, Wash., 1854 |
William Rhea | 34 | Second Lieutenant | Died on duty, Monterey, Mexico 1847 |
John A. Richey | 18 | Second Lieutenant | Killed at Vilagran, Mexico 1847 |
James G.S. Snelling | 24 | Captain | Died on duty Ohio, 1855 |
Louis D. Welch | 14 | First Lieutenant | Died on sick leave 1848 |
James N. Ward | 28 | Captain | Died on duty St. Anthony, Minn. 1858 |
Thomas B.J. Weld | 16 | First Lieutenant | Died on duty Ft. Moultrie S.C. 1850 |
Main West Point Officers page with list of class years
Alphabetical Index of West Point Officers in the Civil War
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