41 officers graduated in the West Point Class of 1860
All participated in the Civil War
Class of 1860 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 Newman Andrews |  |
33 | Captain USA | |
| Harold Borland |  |
41 | Major | |
| Nicholas Bowen | |
4 | Captain USA | |
| Charles S. Bowman | |
29 | Captain USA | |
| John D. Burtwell | |
24 | Colonel | |
| Samuel T. Cushing | |
30 | Captain | |
| Theodore Edson | |
5 | Captain USA | |
| Sam Foster | |
17 | Colonel | |
| Wade Hampton Gibbs | |
28 | Major | |
| Robert Hall | |
32 | Captain USA | |
| Cornelius Hook | |
10 | Captain USA | Died of disease at Key West, June 1864 |
| Edward R. Hopkins | |
15 | Captain USA | |
| Frank Huger | |
31 | Colonel | |
| William G. Jones | |
25 | Colonel | Killed at Chickamauga Sep. 1863 |
| William Henry Jordan | |
35 | Colonel | |
| Josiah H. Kellogg | |
13 | Colonel | |
| John M. Kerr | |
19 | unknown | Died of disease Mar. 1862, Yadkinsville N.C. |
| Martin V.B. Lewis | |
26 | First Lieutenant USA | Died of disease, Winchester, Va. June 1862 |
| David D. Lynn | |
16 | Captain USA | |
| Walter Macfarland | |
1 | Lieutenant Colonel | |
| William W. McCreery | |
11 | Captain | Killed carrying the colors at Gettysburg, July 3,1863 |
| James P. Martin | |
23 | Captain USA | |
| Salem S. Marsh | |
27 | Captain | Killed Chancellorsville, May 1, 1863 |
| Wesley Merritt | |
22 | Major General | |
| Lyman Mishler | |
37 | First Lieutenant | Killed at Valverde, N.M., June 1862 |
| Alexander C.M. Pennington | |
18 | Colonel | |
| Horace Porter | |
3 | Brigadier General | Earned Medal of Honor at Chickamauga 1863 |
| Albert M. Powell | |
20 | Lieutenant Colonel | |
| Stephen Dodson Ramseur | |
14 | Major General | Killed at Cedar Creek, Oct. 1864 – Monument |
| Alanson M. Randall | |
9 | Colonel | |
| Edward B.D. Riley | |
34 | Lieutenant Colonel | |
| Benjamin Sloan | |
7 | Major | |
| Alfred T. Smith | |
21 | Colonel | |
| John J. Sweet | |
36 | First Lieutenant | Killed at Gaines’ Mill, June 1862 |
| John A. Tardy | |
2 | Captain USA | |
| George W. Vanderbilt | |
39 | Captain USA | |
| James Harrison Wilson | |
6 | Major General | Earned Medal of Honor at Malvern Hill 1862 |
| John M. Wilson | |
12 | Lieutenant Colonel | |
| James Meech Warner | |
40 | Brigadier General | |
| James M. Whittemore | |
8 | Captain USA |
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