West Point Officers in the Civil War

31 cadets graduated

Cadets who served in the Civil War

Electus Backus	28	Colonel USA	Died on sick leave, June 1862
Dennis H. Mahan	1	see note >	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

Alphabetical Index of West Point Officers in the Civil War
A • B • C • DE • FG • H • IJKL • M • NOP • QR • S • TUV • W

The Civil War in the East