43 officers graduated in the West Point Class of 1849
37 served in the Civil War
Class of 1849 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.
| name | class rank | highest rank | comments | |
| Absalom Baird |  |
9 | Brigadier General | |
| Seth Barton |  |
28 | Brigadier General | |
| Stephen V. Benét | |
3 | Captain USA | |
| Milton Cogswell | |
11 | Colonel | |
| Alfred Cumming | |
35 | Brigadier General | |
| Beekman Du Berry | |
7 | Major USA | |
| Johnson K. Duncan | |
5 | Brigadier General | Died of Typhoid Fever in Knoxville, Tenn., Dec. 1862 |
| Thomas English | |
36 | Lt. Colonel | |
| John Frasier | |
34 | Brigadier General | |
| Quincy A. Gilmore | |
1 | Major General | |
| Duff C. Green | |
29 | unknown | Quartermaster General of Alabama |
| Thomas J. Haines | |
4 | Colonel | |
| Samuel B. Holabird | |
31 | Colonel | |
| Edward McK Hudson | |
22 | Lieutenant Colonel | |
| Richard W. Johnson | |
30 | Brigadier General | |
| John Kellogg | |
16 | Colonel | |
| Charles W. Field | |
27 | Major General | |
| Samuel Reynolds | |
42 | Colonel | |
| Beverly H. Robertson | |
25 | Brigadier General | |
| James B. Roy | |
38 | Major USA | |
| William H. Lewis | |
15 | Major USA | |
| Louis H. Marshall | |
41 | Major USA | |
| Joseph M. McArthur | |
37 | Lieutenant Colonel | |
| Daniel McClure | |
21 | Major USA | |
| Chauncey McKeever | |
14 | Lieutenant Colonel | |
| James McIntosh | |
43 | Brigadier General | Killed at Pea Ridge, Ark., March 1862 |
| John C. Moore | |
17 | Brigadier General | |
| John G. Parke | |
2 | Major General | |
| Delavan D. Perkins | |
8 | Lt. Colonel | Died of disease Washington, Jan. 1865 |
| Edward R. Platt | |
13 | Lieutenant Colonel | |
| Rufus Saxton | |
18 | Brigadier General | |
| William Silvey | |
6 | Captain USA | |
| Washington C. Tevis | |
24 | Colonel | Discharged July 1864 |
| Joseph L. Tidball | |
26 | Captain USA | Retired from active service Nov. 1861 |
| Thornton A. Washington | |
33 | Major | |
| Thomas G. Williams | |
32 | unknown | Commissary staff |
| John Withers | |
23 | Lieutenant Colonel |
Cadets who did not serve in the Civil War
| Charles B. Alvord | 39 | Resigned 1852, died 1860. | |
| Darius D. Clark | 40 | First Lieutenant | Died on duty Ft. Yuma, Cal 1859 |
| Horace F. De Lano | 20 | Second Lieutenant | Died on duty Ft. Bliss, Texas 1854 |
| William A. Nimmo | 10 | First Lieutenant | Died on sick leave 1856 |
| Edward D. Stockton | 12 | First Lieutenant | Died on duty San Antonio, Texas, 1857 |
| Thomas Wright | 19 | First Lieutenant | Died on duty Ft. Randall, Dakota Terr., 18577 |
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