37 cadets graduated
Cadets who served in the Civil War
Robert Anderson | ![]() |
15 | Brigadier General USA | Defender of Fort Sumter |
Alexander Bowman | ![]() |
3 | Colonel USA | Superintendent USMA 1861-64 |
Osborne Cross | ![]() |
26 | Lt. Colonel USA | |
Daniel Smith Donelson | ![]() |
5 | Major General | Died of disease April, 1863 |
Benjamin Huger | ![]() |
8 | Major General USV | |
William Reading Montgomery | ![]() |
28 | Brigadier General USV | |
Nathaniel H. Street | ![]() |
23 | unknown | |
Charles Ferguson Smith | ![]() |
19 | Major General USA | Died of dysentery and infection, Apr. 1862 |
Washington Seawell | ![]() |
20 | Colonel USA | |
William A. Thornton | ![]() |
12 | Colonel USA | Ordnance staff |
Cadets who did not serve in the Civil War
Samuel R. Allston | 37 | Resigned Jan. and died Feb. 1836 | |
James J. Anderson | 30 | Resigned 1830, died 1845 | |
ALexander D. Bache | 1 | ||
Joseph Bonnell | 27 | Captain | Died on duty at Philadelphia 1840 |
Abbot H. Brisbane | 10 | Disbanded 1836 | |
Thomas S. Brown | 4 | Resigned 1836, died 1855 | |
James D. Burnham | 31 | Second Lieutenant | Died on duty Old Point Comfort, Va. 1828 |
Lawrence Carter | 21 | First Lieutenant | Died on duty at Ft. Gibson, Indian Terr., 1837 |
Joesph Clay | 36 | Second Lieutenant | Died on duty Ft. Gratiot, Mi., 1832 |
Gustavus Dorr | 32 | Died in insane Asylum, Somervile, Ma., 1855 | |
James Engle | 35 | Resigned 1834 | |
George Garey | 34 | First Lieutenant | Died on duty Talbt Cty. Md., 1834 |
Joseph W. Harris | 13 | Resigned 1833, died 1837 | |
N. Sayre Harris | 25 | Resigned 1835 | |
William Penn Hopkins | 11 | Resigned 1836, died 1859 | |
James R. Irwin | 17 | Captain | Died in Mexico City 1848 |
Alexander D. Mackay | 16 | First Lieutenant | Drowned on duty St. John’s, Fl., 1836 |
Peter McMartin | 2 | Resigned 1826, died 1830 | |
Frederick Norcom | 22 | Resigned 1832 | |
Stephen V.R. Ryan | 6 | Resigned 1833, died 1840 | |
Ralph Smead | 7 | Captain | Died on duty at Ft. Monroe,Va., 1848 |
Horace Smith | 18 | Second Lieutenant | Died on duty at St. Augustine, Fl., 1828 |
Francis Taylor | 9 | Major | Died on duty at Ft. Brown, Tx., 1858 |
Frederick Thomas | 33 | Second Lieutenant | Drowned on duty near Ft. Gibson, Indian Terr., 1831 |
James S. Thompson | 29 | First Lieutenent | Died on sick leave 1836, as H. St. James Linden |
Martin J. Williams | 14 | Resigned 1827 | |
Joseph S. Worth | 24 | Captain | Died on duty at St. Augustine, Fl., 1846 |
Main West Point Officers page with list of class years
Alphabetical Index of West Point Officers in the Civil War
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