The first graduates of the United States Military Academy were in 1802.
52 cadets graduated in the first ten years
Three served in the Civil War
No one graduated in 1810. Cadets were not given a class rank until 1818
Class of 1802-1810 members who served in the Civil War
| name | class | highest rank | comments | |
| Joseph Gilbert Totten |  |
1805 | Brigadier General USA | Chief Engineer of the U.S. Army in command of the Corps of Engineers and the Engineer Bureau. Died of pneumonia Apr. 22, 1864. Oldest general officer in the war. |
| William Gates | |
1806 | Colonel USA | Commanded Fort Trumbull in Connecticut at age 73 and Fort Constitution in New Hampshire at age 76. Retired 1867. |
| Sylvanus Thayer | |
1808 | Colonel USA | On sick leave during war; retired June 1863. |
Graduates from 1802-1809 who did not serve in the Civil War
| Simon Levy | 1802 | Resigned 1805, died 1807 | ||
| Joseph G. Swift | 1802 | First USMA graduate. Resigned 1818, died 1865 | ||
| Walker Armistead | 1803 | Colonel | Died 1845 at Upperville, Va. | |
| Henry B. Jackson | 1803 | Resigned 1803, died ? | ||
| John Livingston | 1803 | Resigned 1806, died ? | ||
| Hannibal Allen | 1804 | Captain | Died 1813 at Norfolk, Va. | |
| Samuel Gates | 1804 | Resigned 1805, died 1817 | ||
| George Bomford | 1805 | Colonel | Died 1848 at Boston, Ma. | |
| William McRee | 1805 | Resigned 1819, died 1833 | ||
| Ethan Allen | 1806 | Disbanded 1821, died 1855 | ||
| Thomas Bennett | 1806 | Captain | Died 1818 at Ft. Constitution N.H. | |
| Pascal Vincent Bouis | 1806 | Resigned 1808, died 1811 | ||
| Auguste P. Chouteau | 1806 | Resigned 1807, died in 1838 | ||
| Charles Gratiot | 1806 | Dismissed 1838 for financial impropriety, died 1855 | ||
| Julius Heileman | 1806 | Major | Died 1836 at Ft. Drane, Fl. | |
| Louis Lorimer | 1806 | Resigned 1809, died 1831 | ||
| Robert Lucas | 1806 | Major | Died 1814 at Frech Mills, N.Y. | |
| Alden Partridge | 1806 | Major | Resigned 1818, died 1854 | |
| William Partridge | 1806 | Captain | Died 1812 as prisoner of war at Detroit, Mi. | |
| Joseph Proveaux | 1806 | 1st Lieutenant | Died on duty 1813 | |
| Prentiss Willard | 1806 | Captain | Died 1813 at Beaufort, S.C. | |
| John D. Wyndham | 1806 | Dismissed 1812 for drunkeness, died 1813 | ||
| John Anderson | 1807 | Captain | Died 1834 at Detroit, Mi. | |
| Samuel Champlin | 1807 | Disbanded 1816, died 1863 | ||
| Saterlee Clark | 1807 | Dismissed 1824 for financial improprieties, died 1848 | ||
| Samuel Noah | 1807 | Resigned 1811 | ||
| Justus Post | 1807 | Disbanded 1815, died 1846 | ||
| Samuel Babcock | 1808 | Resigned 1830, died 1831 | ||
| Daniel A.A. Buck | 1808 | Disbanded 1815, died 1841 | ||
| Oliver G. Burton | 1808 | Disbanded 1815, died 1821 | ||
| Heman A. Fay | 1808 | Disbanded 1815, died 1865 | ||
| James Gibson | 1808 | Colonel | Killed 1814, Ft. Erie, Upper Canada | |
| Samuel H. Holley | 1808 | Resigned 1810, died 1858 | ||
| Minor Huntington | 1808 | Resigned 1811, died ? | ||
| Luther Leonard | 1808 | Disbanded 1821, died 1865 | ||
| Milo Mason | 1808 | Captain | Died 1837 in Washington | |
| Samuel Newman | 1808 | Resigned 1810, died ? | ||
| George P. Peters | 1808 | Captain | Died 1819 at Ft. Gadsden, Fl. | |
| Samuel B. Rathbone | 1808 | 2nd Lieutenant | Mortally wounded 1812 at Queenstown Heights, U.C. | |
| Louis Vallé | 1808 | Declined commission. Died 1833 | ||
| Solomon Conkling | 1809 | 2nd Lieutenant | Died at Ft. McHenry, Md., 1810 | |
| Anson Hall | 1809 | Resigned 1810, died 1851 (?) | ||
| Milton Haxtun | 1809 | Cornet | Died at Carlisle, Pa., 1809 | |
| Augustus McGee | 1809 | Resigned June, died Dec. 1813 | ||
| Throdore Randell | 1809 | Resigned 1811, died 1851 | ||
| Abraham L. Sands | 1809 | Resigned 1823, died 1840 | ||
| Christopher Van de Venter | 1809 | Resigned 1816, died 1828 | ||
| No graduates in 1810 | ||||
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Alphabetical Index of West Point Officers in the Civil War
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