31 officers graduated in the West Point Class of 1824
3 served in the Civil War
Class of 1824 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.
| Electus Backus |  |
28 | Colonel USA | Died on sick leave, June 1862 |
| Dennis H. Mahan | |
1 | Professor of Engineering USMA 1832-71 | |
| Dixon S. Miles | |
27 | Colonel USA | Mortally Wounded, Harpers Ferry Sept. 1862 |
Cadets who did not serve in the Civil War
| William P. Bainbridge | 11 | Captain | Died on sick leave at West Point 1850 |
| Napoleon B. Bennett | 6 | Second Lieutenant | Died on duty at Staunton, Va., 1832 |
| William Bickley | 18 | Resigned 1825 | |
| William Bloodgood | 23 | Resigned 1836 | |
| Joseph Cadle | 20 | Dismissed for insubordination 1830, drowned 1835 | |
| Julius Catlin | 29 | Resigned 1826, drowned 1827 | |
| John N. Dillahunty | 7 | Resigned 1832, died 1844 | |
| Anthony Drane | 16 | Cashiered for drunkeness, 1846, died 1850 | |
| William Eaton | 24 | Second Lieutenant | Died on duty at Waterbury, Ct., 1828 |
| John M. Fessenden | 10 | Resigned 1831 | |
| John K. Findlay | 5 | Resigned 1828 | |
| William Harris | 22 | Dismissed for conduct 1836, died 1837 | |
| R. Edward Hazard | 4 | Resigned 1829, died 1831 | |
| Louis T. Jamison | 17 | Dismissed for financial impropriety 1838, died 1858 | |
| Alexander Johnston | 21 | Captain | Died on duty at Pittsburg, Pa. 1845 |
| Francis L. Jones | 8 | Resigned 1842, died 1846 | |
| George W. Long | 9 | Resigned 1835 | |
| Ephraim W. Low | 19 | Second Lieutenant | Drowned on duty in the Fox River, Wis., 1825 |
| Francis Newcomb | 26 | Resigned 1836 | |
| Robert B. Parrott | 3 | Resigned 1836. Inventor of Parrott Guns | |
| Timothy Paige | 24 | Resigned 1836 | |
| John M.W. Picton | 12 | Resigned 1832, died 1859 | |
| W. Beverhout Thompson | 31 | Resigned 1830 | |
| Nicholas Tillinghast | 14 | Resigned 1836, died 1856 | |
| John W.A. Smith | 2 | Dismissed 1828, accidentally killed 1835 | |
| Joseph Van Swearingen | 30 | Captain | Killed in the Battle of Okeechobe, Fl., 1837 |
| William G. Williams | 15 | Captain | Mortally wounded, Monterey, Mexico 1846 |
| Horatio Wilson | 13 | Resigned 1835, died 1850 |
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