59 officers graduated in the West Point Class of 1846
37 served in the Civil War
Class of 1846 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.
| John Adams |  |
25 | Brigadier General | Killed at Franklin |
| Charles E. Blunt |  |
3 | Major USA | |
| Edward Carlisle Boynton | |
12 | Captain USA | Adjutant & Quartermaster at West Point |
| John A. Brown | |
16 | Lieutenant Colonel | |
| Darius Nash Couch | |
13 | Major General | |
| Nelson H. Davis | |
49 | Colonel USA | |
| William Dutton | |
15 | Colonel | Died 1862 |
| Delancy Floyd-Jones | |
45 | Lt. Colonel USA | |
| Birkett D. Fry | |
— | Brigadier General | dismissed for academic deficiency in math |
| William Montgomery Gardner | |
55 | Brigadier General | |
| Alfred Gibbs | |
42 | Brigadier General | |
| Charles Champion Gilbert | |
21 | Brigadier General | Acting Major General not confirmed by the Senate. |
| George Henry Gordon | |
43 | Major General | |
| John Gray Foster | |
4 | Major General | |
| Thomas Jonathan Jackson | |
17 | Lieutenant General | Mortally wounded at Chancellorsville, May 1863, commanding 2nd Corps, Army of Northern Virginia. |
| David Rumph Jones | |
41 | Major General | Died of heart disease 1863 |
| Albert L. Magilton | |
18 | Colonel | |
| George Brinton McClellan | |
2 | Major General | |
| Dabney Herndon Maury | |
37 | Major General | |
| Samuel Bell Maxey | |
58 | Major General | |
| Frederick Myers | |
44 | Major USA | |
| James Oakes | |
34 | Brigadier General | |
| Innis Newton Palmer | |
38 | Brigadier General | |
| George Edward Pickett | |
59 | Major General | |
| Jesse Lee Reno | |
8 | Major General | Mortally wounded commanding 9th Corps, Army of the Potomac at South Mountain 1862 |
| Richard Rush | |
26 | Colonel | |
| Truman Seymour | |
19 | Major General | |
| Marcus D.L. Simpson | |
22 | Major USA | Commissary officer |
| Matthew R. Stevenson | |
51 | Captain USA | Died on sick leave, Sackett’s Harbor, N.Y. January 1863 |
| Charles Seaforth Stewart | |
1 | Major USA | Corps of Engineers |
| George Stoneman | |
33 | Major General | |
| Samuel Davis Sturgis | |
32 | Major General | |
| William Duncan Smith | |
35 | Brigadier General | Died of Yellow Fever, Charleston 1862 |
| Parmenas T. Turnley | |
40 | Captain | Disabled and retired 1863 |
| Joseph N.G. Whistler | |
47 | Colonel | |
| John D. Wilkins | |
46 | Major USA | |
| Cadmus Marcellus Wilcox (bio) | |
54 | Major General |
Class members who did not serve in the Civil War
| Rufus Bacon | 23 | Committed suicide 1846 |
| Francis T. Bryan | 6 | Resigned at outbreak of war |
| Archibald Botts | 57 | Died in Mexico 1847 |
| Thomas F. Castor | 28 | Died on duty at Fort Tejon California 1855 |
| Orren Chapman | 29 | Died on duty at Fort Buchanan, New Mexico 1859 |
| George H. Derby | 7 | Died on sick leave 1861, a well-known humorist |
| Thomas Easley | 48 | Killed in the Mexican War 1847 |
| Henry Astor Ehninger | 27 | Resigned 1849 |
| George F. Evans | 36 | Died on sick leave, 1859 |
| Edmund L. Hardcastle | 5 | Resigned from the Army 1856 |
| Edmund Hayes | 11 | Died on duty at sea 1853 |
| George S. Humphrets | 52 | Died at Carlisle Barracks Cavalry School, 1847 |
| Thomas J. Lowe | — | dismissed |
| Thomas R. McConnell | 50 | Resigned 1856. Died Mobile, Alabama April 1861. |
| Colville J. Minor | 20 | Died at Monterey during Mexican War |
| Samuel H. Raymond | — | Died at West Point 1845 |
| Alexander P. Rodgers | 30 | Killed in the Mexican War 1847 |
| Edmund Russel | 56 | Killed in California in skirmish with indians |
| Henry B. Sears | 14 | Resigned 1849. Engineer in Liverpool during war |
| Hamilton Shields | 24 | Resigned 1854. Farmer in Vermont during war |
| James Stuart | 39 | Mortally wounded in Indian wars, Oregon, 1851 |
| Oliver H. P. Taylor | 31 | Killed in Indian wars, Utah, 1858 |
| William H. Tyler | 52 | Died on leave in in Virginia 1853 |
| Thomas Wheedbee | 10 | Died on sick leave 1849 |
| Clarendon J. L. Wilson | 9 | Died on duty New Mexico Territory 1853 |
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