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 |
Main West Point Officers page with list of class years
Alphabetical Index of West Point Officers in the Civil War
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