25 officers graduated in the West Point Class of 1844
8 served in the Civil War
Class of 1844 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.
| Simon Bolivar Buckner |  |
11 | Lieutenant General | |
| Asher R. Eddy |  |
5 | Captain USA | Quartermaster staff |
| Danie Marsh Frost | |
4 | Brigadier General | |
| Winfield Scott Hancock | |
18 | Major General | Monument at Gettysburg |
| Alexander Hays | |
20 | Brigadier General | Killed at the Wilderness, 5/64; monuments at Gettysburg and the Wilderness |
| Alfred Pleasonton | |
7 | Major General | |
| Francis J. Thomas | |
6 | Colonel | Killed at Manassas (Bull Run) July 1861 |
| Joseph H. Whittlesey | |
2 | Major USA |
Cadets who did not serve in the Civil War
| John Y. Bicknell | 10 | Second Lieutenant | Died in Tenn. 1849 |
| John J.C. Bibb | 24 | Second Lieutenant | Resigned 1846 |
| William T. Burwell | 15 | Second Lieutenant | Killed Churubusco, Aug. 1847 |
| Augustus Cook | 9 | Second Lieutenant | Died at sea on duty Nov. 1845 |
| Thomas J. Curd | 8 | First Lieutenant | Resigned 1847 |
| Rankin Dilworth | 13 | Second Lieutenant | Mortally wounded Monterey, Mexico Sep. 1846 |
| George W. Hawkins | 25 | First Lieutenant | Dismissed Jan. 1853 |
| John M. Lake Henry | 19 | Second Lieutenant | Resigned 1852 |
| Samuel Gill | 3 | First Lieutenant | Resigned 1847 |
| William G. Peck | 1 | First Lieutenant | Resigned 1855. Instructor at Academy |
| William Read | 16 | First Lieutenant | Resigned 1850 |
| Henry B. Schroeder | 22 | Captain | Resigned May 1861 |
| Joseph P. Smith | 23 | Second Lieutenant | Killed Storming of Chapultepec Sep. 1847 |
| Erastus B. Strong | 14 | Second Lieutenant | Killed Molino Del Rey, Mexico Sep. 1847 |
| John Trevitt | 12 | Captain | Resigned April 1861 |
| George Wainwright | 21 | Second Lieutenant | Died Aug. 1848 of wounds from Molino Del Rey |
| James S. Woods | 17 | Second Lieutenant | Killed Monterey, Sep. 1846 |
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