38 officers graduated in the West Point Class of 1848
25 served in the Civil War
Class of 1848 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 Nelson Rector Beall |  |
30 | Brigadier General | |
| John C. Booth | |
24 | Captain | |
| John Buford (bio) |  |
16 | Major General | Died of disease 1863. Monument at Gettysburg. |
| Joseph C. Clark | |
9 | Captain USA | Retired from active service 1864 due to wounds |
| Richard I. Dodge | |
19 | Major USA | |
| James C. Duane | |
3 | Captain USA | Corps of Engineers |
| Nathan George Evans | |
36 | Brigadier General | |
| Enoch Q. Fellows | |
NA | Colonel | Resigned in 1848 before graduation. |
| George W. Howland | |
38 | Major USA | |
| Daniel Huston | |
35 | Colonel | |
| Thomas K. Jackson | |
25 | Major | |
| William Edmonson Jones | |
10 | Brigadier General | Killed Mount Crawford. Virginia 1864 |
| Thomas D. Johns | |
32 | Colonel | |
| William T. Mechling | |
33 | Major | |
| Nathaniel H. McLean | |
27 | Lieutenant Colonel | |
| Nathaniel Michler | |
7 | Major USA | Corps of Engineers |
| A. Galbraith Miller | |
28 | Lieutenant Colonel | Resigned March 1862 |
| Charles H. Ogle | |
29 | Major | Honorably discharged Nov. 1862, died March 1863 |
| Thomas A. Rhett | |
14 | Colonel | |
| George Hume Steuart | |
37 | Brigadier General | |
| Walter Husted Stevens | |
4 | Brigadier General | Chief Engineer, Army of Northern Virginia 1864-5 |
| Grier Tallmadge | |
20 | Captain USA | Died Fort Monroe Va. October 1862 |
| John C. Tidball | |
11 | Brigadier General | |
| Charles H. Tyler | |
23 | Colonel | |
| Robert S. Williamson | |
5 | Lt. Colonel USA | Corps of Engineers |
Class members who did not serve in the Civil War
| George C. Barber | 34 | Second Lieutenant | Died on duty, Indianola, Tx. 1853. |
| Edward Bryan | 18 | Resigned 1848. Died Apr. 1861. | |
| Andrew J. Donelson | 2 | Resigned 1855. Died 1859. | |
| Benjamin D. Forsythe | 13 | First Lieutenant | Died on sick leave Jan. 1861. |
| William G. Gill | 12 | Resigned 1861. Died 1862. | |
| James Holmes | 15 | First Lieutenant | Died on duty Ft. Independence, Mass. |
| James M. Haynes | 8 | Second Lieutenant | Died on duty Mexico City 1850 |
| George H. Paige | 26 | Captain | Died on duty, Camp Floyd, Ut. 1859. |
| Ferdinand Paine | 31 | Second Lieutenant | Died on duty, Jefferson Barracks, Mo. 1854 |
| Rufus A. Roys | 6 | Second Lieutenant | Died on duty 1850 horse accident Ft. Kearney, Neb. |
| Robert M. Russel | 22 | Resigned 1850. | |
| William A. Slaughter | 21 | First Lieutenant | Killed, fight with indians, Brannan’s Prairie, Wash. 1855 |
| William P. Trowbridge | 1 | Civilian in charge of Engineer Agency in New York | |
| Truman K. Walbridge | 17 | First Lieutenant | Died on sick leave Oct. 1856. |
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