43 officers graduated in the West Point Class of 1852
36 served in the Civil War
Class of 1852 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.
| George Burgwyn Anderson |  |
10 | Brigadier General | Mortally wounded at Antietam 1862; monument at Antietam. |
| Arthur P. Bagby | |
36 | Brigadier General | |
| Richard V. Bonneau | |
42 | Major | |
| Thomas Lincoln Casey |  |
1 | Major USA | Corps of Engineers |
| George Blake Cosby | |
17 | Brigadier General | |
| George Crook | |
38 | Major General | |
| Matthew L. Davis | |
21 | Colonel | Died of disease Apr. 1862 (never joined regiment) |
| Henry De Veuve | |
12 | Captain | Engineers |
| Henry Douglass | |
31 | Captain USA | |
| Andrew W. Evans | |
26 | Colonel | |
| Hugh Brady Fleming | |
29 | Captain USA | |
| John Horace Forney | |
22 | Major General | |
| George Lucas Hartsuff | |
19 | Major General | |
| Milo Smith Hascall | |
14 | Brigadier General | |
| John Parker Hawkins | |
40 | Brigadier General | |
| John C. Ives | |
5 | Colonel | |
| August Valentine Kautz | |
35 | Brigadier General | |
| Lyman M. Kellogg | |
37 | Captain USA | |
| Alexander McDowell McCook | |
30 | Major General | |
| George H. Mendell | |
3 | Major USA | Cors of Engineers |
| John Mullan | |
15 | Captain USA | |
| William Myers | |
32 | Colonel | |
| John D. O’Connell | |
27 | Captain USA | |
| Edwin D. Phillips | |
41 | Captain USA | Died on disease New Orleans, La., Nov. 1862 |
| Marshall T. Polk | |
23 | Lieutenant Colonel | |
| Charles H. Rundell | |
25 | unknown | Died in Peru during the Civil War |
| Henry Warner Slocum (bio) | |
7 | Major General | |
| David Sloan Stanley | |
9 | Major General | |
| Philip Stockton | |
33 | Colonel | |
| Peter T. Swaine | |
24 | Colonel | |
| Robert B. Thomas | |
18 | Brigadier General* | *rank in Florida militia |
| John W. Todd | |
6 | Captain USA | Ordnance staff |
| James Van Vost | |
8 | Major USA | |
| George A. Williams | |
34 | Captain USA | |
| Lawrence A. Williams | |
36 | Major USA | Dismissed March 1863 |
| Charles Robert Woods | |
20 | Brigadier General |
Cadets who did not serve in the Civil War
| Newton F. Alexander | 2 | Second Lieutenant | Died on duty, Biloxi, Miss. 1858 |
| Jerome N. Bonaparte | 11 | Resigned 1854. Grand-nephew of Emperor Napoleon I | |
| Hezekiah Garber | 43 | Second Lieutenant | Died on duty, Ft. Vancouver, Wash., 1859 |
| Sylvester Mowry | 16 | Resigned 1858 | |
| John Nugen | 28 | Second Lieutenant | Died on duty Ft. Steilacoom, Wash., 1857 |
| George W. Rose | 4 | Resigned 1856 | |
| James Watts Robinson | 13 | Sutler at Ft. Jefferson, Dry Tortugas during the war |
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