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