33 officers graduated in the West Point Class of 1828
7 served in the Civil War
Class of 1828 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.
| Robert E. Clary |  |
13 | Colonel USA | Quartermaster staff |
| Jefferson Davis |  |
23 | President | President of the C.S.A. |
| Thomas Fenwick Drayton | |
28 | Brigadier General | |
| Joseph L. Locke | |
8 | Major | Died of disease at Savannah, Oct. 1864 |
| Hugh Weedon Mercer | |
3 | Brigadier General | |
| Richard Tilghman | |
2 | Lt. Colonel* | *rank in Maryland militia |
| Crafts J. Wright | |
31 | Colonel USV | Resigned due to illness Sep. 1862 |
Cadets who did not serve in the Civil War
| Thomas B. Adams | 12 | First Lieutenant | Died on duty at Ft. Dade, Fl. 1837 |
| Ivers J. Austin | 6 | Resigned 1828 | |
| William H. Baker | 19 | Resigned 1831, died 1835 | |
| Thomas C. Brockway | 29 | Second Lieutenant | Died on duty at Ft. Gibson, Indian Terr., 1831 |
| George E. Chase | 9 | Resigned 1833, died 1844 | |
| Albert E. Church | 1 | Professor of Mathmatics, USMA | |
| Samuel K. Cobb | 25 | Second Lieutenant | Died on duty at New Orleans, 1834 |
| Charles O. Colline | 5 | Captain | Died on duty Ft. Gibson, Indian Terr., 1846 |
| Thomas Cutts | 18 | First Lieutenant | Died on duty at Ft. Jesup, La., 1838 |
| Amos Foster | 27 | Second Lieutenant | Lilled by a soldier at Ft. Howard, Wis., 1832 |
| Edmund French | 7 | Resigned 1828, died 1860 | |
| John R.B. Gardenier | 30 | Captain | Died on sick leave 1850 |
| James Izard | 17 | First Lieutenant | Mortally wounded on Withlacoochee River, Fl., 1836 |
| Benjamin W. Kinsman | 22 | Second Lieutenant | Died on duty at Ft. Gibson, Indian Terr., 1832 |
| John F. Lane | 10 | Captain | Died on duty at Ft. Drane Fl., Oct. 1836 |
| William W. Mather | 15 | Resigned 1836, died 1859 | |
| Enos J. Mitchell | 16 | Captain | Died on duty at Ft. Roger Jones, Fl., 1839 |
| William L.E. Morrison | 24 | Resigned 1830, died 1834 or 1835 | |
| William Palmer | 11 | First Lieutenant | Died on duty at Ft. Johnston, N.C. 1835 |
| James W. Penrose | 32 | Captain | Died on duty at Plattsburg, N.Y. 1849 |
| Gustave S. Rousseau | 21 | Disbanded 1846 | |
| Robert Sevier | 14 | Resigned 1837 | |
| Robert E. Temple | 4 | Disbanded 1848, died 1854 | |
| James L. Thompson | 20 | Resigned 1846, drowned in Detroit River 1851 | |
| Samuel Torrence | 26 | Second Lieutenant | Died on duty at Ft. Armstrong, Il., 1832 |
| Philip R. Van Wyck | 33 | Not commissioned due to deafness; drowned 1832 |
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