39 officers graduated in the West Point Class of 1843
21 served in the Civil War
Class of 1843 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.
| Christopher Columbus Augur |  |
16 | Major General | |
| Henry F. Clarke | |
12 | Colonel | |
| Frederick Tracy Dent | |
33 | Brigadier General | |
| William Buell Franklin | |
1 | Major General | |
| Samuel Gibbs French |  |
14 | Major General | |
| Franklin Gardner | |
17 | Major General | |
| Ulysses Simpson Grant | |
21 | Lieutenant General | |
| Charles Smith Hamilton | |
26 | Major General | |
| James Allen Hardie | |
11 | Brigadier General | Not confirmed by Senate and revoked |
| Edmunds B. Holloway | |
19 | Colonel | Killed near Independence, Mo. May 1861 |
| Rufus Ingalls | |
32 | Brigadier General | |
| Henry Moses Judah | |
35 | Brigadier General | |
| John C. McFerran | |
34 | Colonel | |
| John James Peck | |
8 | Major General | |
| Joseph Haydn Potter | |
22 | Brigadier General | |
| Isaac Ferdinand Quinby | |
6 | Brigadier General | |
| William F. Raynolds | |
5 | Colonel | |
| Joseph Jones Reynolds | |
10 | Major General | |
| Roswell Sabine Ripley | |
7 | Brigadier General | |
| Henry R. Selden | |
31 | Colonel | Died of disease at Fort Union, N.M. Feb. 1865 |
| Frederick Steele | |
30 | Major General |
Cadets who did not serve in the Civil War
| Thomas J. Brereton | 3 | Resigned 1858 | |
| Jacob J. Booker | 13 | First Lieutenant | Died on duty, San Antonio, Tex., 1849 |
| Theodore L. Chadbourne | 15 | Second Lieutenant | Killed at Resaca de la Palma, 1846 |
| Cave J. Couts | 37 | Resigned 1851 | |
| A. St. Amand Crozet | 28 | First Lieutenant | Died on sick leave 1855 |
| George Deshon | 2 | Resigned 1851 | |
| Norman Elting | 36 | Resigned 1846 | |
| John H. Grelaud | 4 | Captain | Died on duty at Ft. McRee, Fla., 1857 |
| Robert Hazlitt | 23 | Second Lieutenant | Killed at Monterey, 1846 |
| Edwin Howe | 24 | Second Lieutenant | Died on duty Ft. Leavenworth, Kan., 1850 |
| Charles E. Jarvis | 29 | First Lieutenant | Died on duty, Sonoma, Cal., 1849 |
| John P. Johnstone | 9 | First Lieutenant | Killed at Battle of Contretras, 1847 |
| George C. McClelland | 39 | Cashiered for drunkeness and conduct 1847 | |
| Charles G. Merchant | 38 | First Lieutenant | Died on duty East Pascagoula, Ms. 1855 |
| Lewis Neill | 20 | First Lieutenant | Died on duty, Ft. Croghan, Tex., 1850 |
| George Stevens | 18 | Second Lieutenant | Drowned on duty in the Rio Grande, 1846 |
| Lafayette B. Wood | 25 | Captain | Died on duty, Washington, 1858 |
| William K. Van Bokkelen | 27 | Captain | Cashiered for misapplication of funds 1853 |
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