41 officers graduated in the West Point Class of 1826
13 served in the Civil War
Class of 1826 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.
| John Archer |  |
25 | Captain | |
| Edwin B. Babbitt |  |
28 | Colonel USA | |
| William H.C. Bartlett | |
1 | 2nd Lieutenant USA | Professor at USMA 1836-71 |
| Silas Casey | |
39 | Major General USV | |
| Thomas Jefferson Cram | |
4 | Colonel USA | |
| Francis L. Dancy | |
10 | unknown | |
| Amos Beebe Eaton | |
36 | Brigadier General USA | |
| John Breckinridge Grayson | |
22 | Brigadier General | Died Oct. 1861 of pneumonia and tuberculosis |
| Samuel Peter Heintzelman | |
17 | Major General USV | |
| Albert Sidney Johnston | |
8 | General | Killed at Shiloh 1862 |
| Nathaniel C. Macrae | |
33 | Major USA | |
| Augustus J. Pleasonton | |
20 | Brigadier General* | *rank in Pennsylvania militia |
| Edward B. White | |
9 | Colonel |
Cadets who did not serve in the Civil War
| James G. Allen | 34 | Resigned 1828, died 1855 | |
| Alexander G. Baldwin | 35 | Second Lieutenant | Died on guty at Ft. Towson, Indian Terr., 1835 |
| John M. Berrien | 27 | Resigned 1836 | |
| Francis J. Brooke | 32 | First Lieutenant | Killed, battle of Okeechobee, Fl., 1837 |
| Theophilus B. Brown | 18 | Second Lieutenent | Died on leave at Utica, N.Y., 1834 |
| William Bryant | 3 | Resigned 1835, died 1846 | |
| Michael M. Clark | 15 | Major | Died on duty at Baltimore, May, 1861 |
| Richard W. Colcock | 29 | Resigned 1836, died 1856 | |
| Charles Colerick | 38 | Second Lieutenant | Died on duty at Jefferson Barracks, Mo., 1828 |
| Michael Ewing | 16 | Resigned 1836, died 1849 | |
| Henry J. Griffin | 24 | Second Lieutenant | Drowned on duty near Ft. Armstrong, Il., 1828 |
| Bennett H. Henderson | 7 | Resigned, then killed in carriage accident 1832 | |
| Daniel S. Herring | 13 | First Lieutenant | Died on duty at St. Augustine, Fl., 1836 |
| John McClellan | 6 | Captain | Died on duty at Knoxville, Tn., 1854 |
| Moses E. Merrill | 37 | Captain | Killed at Battle of Molino Del Rey, Mexico, 1847 |
| Charles L.C. Minor | 30 | Second Lieutenant | Died on duty at Ft. Towson, Indian Terr, 1833 |
| Martin G. Parks | 21 | Resigned 1846, died at sea 1853 | |
| Thomas H. Pearce | 40 | Resigned 1829 | |
| Charles G. Ridgeley | 5 | Resigned 1827, died 1844 | |
| Samuel H. Ridgely | 26 | Bvt; Second Lieutenant | Died on duty at New Orleans, La., 1827 |
| Joseph D. Searight | 11 | Resigned 1845 | |
| William H. Sims | 31 | Resigned 1827, died 1847 | |
| Ephraim Kirby Smith | 41 | Captain | Mortally wounded at Molino Del Rey, Mexico, 1847 Brother to Edward Kirby Smith, USMA ’45 |
| Joel C. Townsend | 12 | Bvt. 2nd Lieutenant | Died on graduation leave 1826 |
| Danforth H. Tufts | 19 | First Lieutenant | Died on duty at Detroit, Mi., 1840 |
| Thomas S. Twiss | 2 | Resigned 1829 | |
| John Williamson | 23 | Captain | Died on duty at Charleston Arsenal, S.C. 1849 |
| George Woodbridge | 14 | Resigned 1829 |
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