41 cadets graduated
Cadets who served in the Civil War
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 |
Main West Point Officers page with list of class years
Alphabetical Index of West Point Officers in the Civil War
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