34 officers graduated in the West Point Class of 1860
After the war started in 1861 the class which would have graduated in 1862 was accelerated and graduated in June, the month after the class of 1861.
Class of June 1861 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.
| Julius Adams, Jr. |  |
18 | Captain USA | Died Nov. 15, 1865 from disease and complications from a wound at Cold Harbor. Son of Julius Adams, attended USMA 1830-32 |
| Joseph Audenried | |
17 | Colonel USA | |
| Lawrence S. Babbitt | |
15 | Major USA | Ordnance |
| Thomas C. Bradford | |
6 | Captain USA | Ordnance |
| Charles H. Brightly | |
29 | Captain USA | Mortally wounded May 5, 1864, the Wilderness |
| David H. Buell | |
10 | Captain USA | Ordnance |
| Eugene Carter | |
30 | Captain USA | |
| Joseph B. Campbell | |
22 | Captain USA | |
| Alonzo Cushing | |
11 | First Lieutenant USA | Killed commanding Battery A, 4th United States Artillery at Gettysburg, July 3, 1863, Awarded Medal of Honor. Monument at Gettysburg. |
| George A. Custer | |
34 | Major General USV | Killed Little Big Horn, June 25, 1876 |
| Clarence Derrick |  |
4 | Lieutenant Colonel | |
| Justin E. Dimmick | |
26 | 1st Lieutenant USA | Mortally wounded May 5, Chancellorsville |
| James P. Drouillard | |
27 | Captain USA | |
| Arthur H. Dutton | |
2 | Colonel USV | Mortally wounded Bermuda Hundred May 26, 1864 |
| John Edie | |
14 | Captain USA | Ordnance |
| Leroy S. Elbert | |
28 | Captain USA | Died on Mississippi River en route to St. Louis Sept. 23, 1863 |
| Joseph P. Farley | |
21 | Lieutenant Colonel USA | Ordnance |
| Samuel P. Ferris | |
31 | Colonel USV | |
| Daniel W. Flagler | |
5 | Lieutenant Colonel USA | Ordnance |
| Francis U. Farquar | |
2 | Major USA | Corps of Engineers |
| William D. Fuller | |
25 | Captain USA | |
| Peter C. Haines | |
19 | Lieutenant Colonel USA | Only Civil War officer to serve on active duty in World War I |
| William H. Harris | |
8 | Captain USA | Ordnance staff |
| Richard M. Hill | |
7 | Major USA | Ordnance staff |
| Stephen Lyford | |
11 | Major USA | Ordnance staff |
| Alfred Mordecai | |
9 | Lieutenant Colonel USA | Ordnance staff |
| Henry Noyes | |
23 | Major USA | |
| Patrick H. O’Rorke | |
1 | Colonel USV | Killed commanding the 140th New York Infantry on Little Round Top at Gettysburg |
| Francis H. Parker | |
20 | Lieutenant Colonel USA | Ordnance |
| Charles C. Parsons | |
13 | Captain USA | |
| Philip H. Remington | |
24 | Captain USA | |
| Frank A. Reynolds | |
33 | Captain | |
| Wright Rives | |
42 | Captain USA | |
| John L. Rodgers | |
11 | Captain USA | |
| George O. Watts | |
31 | Colonel | |
| George Woodruff | |
16 | First Lieutenant USA | Mortally Wounded commanding Battery I, 1st United States Artillery at Gettysburg July 3, 1863 |
| Cadets who did not graduate but served in the war | ||||
| James Dearing | |
* | Colonel | Was ranked first in the class when he resigned just before graduation due to the secession of Virginia. Mortally Wounded at High Bridge. |
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