46 officers graduated in the West Point Class of 1829
19 served in the Civil War

Class of 1829 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.

James Barnes 5 Brigadier General USV
Albert Gallatin Blanchard 26 Brigadier General USV
Benjamin W. Brice 40 Colonel USA Paymaster staff
Joseph Smith Bryce 7 Captain USV
Catharinus Putnam Buckingham 6 Brigadier General USV
Sidney Burbank 17 Colonel USA
Albemarle Cady 24 Colonel USA
Thomas Alfred Davies 25 Brigadier General USV
Seth Eastman 22 Lt. Colonel USA
William Hoffman 18 Colonel USA
Theophilus Hunter Holmes 44 General
Franklin E. Hunt 20 Major USA
Joseph Eggleston Johnston 13 General
Robert Edward Lee 2 General Monument at Gettysburg
Lewis C. Hunt 33 Brigadier General USV
Ormsby MacNight Mitchell 15 Major General USV Died of disease on duty at Beaufort, S.C. Oct. 1862
Thomas H. Neill 27 Brigadier General USV
Caleb C. Sibley 28 Colonel USA
Thomas Swords 23 Colonel USA Quartermaster Staff

Cadets who did not serve in the Civil War

James Allen 35 Lt. Colonel Died on duty at Ft. Leavenworth, Kan., 1846
George R.J. Bowdoin Resigned 1832; graduated as George Sullivan
Gustavus Brown 16 Second Lieutenant Died on duty at Ft. Dearborn, Ill. 1832
Robert W. Burnet Resigned 1833; Board of Visitors to USMA
John C. Casey 11 Captain Died at Ft. Brooke Fl. 1856
James Clark 34 Resigned 1829
John P. Davis 37 Dismissed 1845 for financial irregularities, died 1853
Jonathan Freeman 36 Resigned 1837, died 1854
Charles W. Hackley 9 Resigned 1833, died January 1861
William H. Harford 3 Resigned 1833 , Died 1836
Chileab S. Howe 27 Resigned 1838
John Allen Smith Izard 4 Resigned 1837
John F. Kennedy 14 First Lieutenant Died on duty at Charleston, S.C. 1837
Miner Knowlton 10 On sick leave 1849, retired 1861
Lancaster P. Lupton 21 Resigned 1836
Charles Mason 1 Resigned 1831
John Mackay 8 Captain Died on sick leave, 1848
Charles O. May 43 Second Lieutenant Died on dutyat Jefferson Barracks, Mo., 1830
William R. McKee 12 Colonel Killed at Buena Vista, Mexico, 1847
James S. Moore 42 Resigned 1829
Edwin R. Long 39 Second Lieutenant Died on duty at Detroit, Mi., 1846
Joseph H. Pawling 31 Resigned 1830, died 1847
Charles Petigru 19 Second Lieutenant Died on duty at Apalachicola, Fl., 1835
Richard B. Screven 46 Captain Died on sick leave 1851
Antes Snyder 32 Resigned 1830, died Dec. 1861
George A. Sterling 30 Resigned 1831
William H. Warfield 33 Resigned 1832, died 1857
Edward R. Williams 45 Resigned 1835
James H. Wright 29 Second Lieutenant Died on duty at Jefferson Barracks, Mo., 1830

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