22 officers graduated in the West Point Class of 1859
All participated in the Civil War.
Class of 1859 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.
| Allen L. Anderson |  |
16 | Colonel | |
| Abraham K. Arnold | |
21 | Captain USA | Awarded Medal of Honor for North Anna River, 1864 |
| Eugene Baker | |
12 | Captain USA | |
| Robert F. Beckham |  |
6 | Colonel | Mortally wounded, Columbia,Tennessee, Dec. 1864. See bio. |
| Edward G. Bush | |
8 | Captain USA | |
| Elias B. Carling | |
10 | Captain USA | |
| Caleb H. Carlton | |
18 | Colonel | |
| Francis J. Crilly | |
15 | Captain USA | |
| Charles R. Collins | |
3 | Acting Colonel | Killed Todd’s Tavern, VA., May 1864 |
| Francis L. Guenther | |
9 | Captain USA | |
| Norman J. Hall | |
13 | Colonel | |
| Matin Davis Hardin | |
11 | Brigadier General | |
| Samuel H. Lockett | |
2 | Major | |
| William E. Merrill | |
1 | Colonel | |
| Chauncey B. Reese | |
4 | Captain USA | |
| Roderick Stone | |
14 | Captain USA | Mortally wounded, Valverde, N.M. Feb. 1862 |
| Edwin Henry Stoughton | |
17 | Brigadier General | |
| John J. Upham | |
20 | Captain USA | |
| Orlando G. Wagner | |
5 | First Lieutenant USA | Mortally wounded, Yorktown April 1862 |
| Joseph Wheeler | |
19 | Major General | Later Major General USV (1898) |
| Henry A.E. Worth | |
22 | Captain USA | |
| Moses H. Wright | |
7 | Colonel |
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