41 officers graduated in the West Point Class of 1846
22 served in the Civil War
Class of 1845 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.
| George Pearce Andrews |  |
15 | Captain USA | |
| Bernard Elliott Bee |  |
33 | Brigadier General | Killed at First Manassas (Bull Run) |
| Josiah H. Carlisle | |
9 | Captain USA | |
| Henry B. Clitz | |
36 | Lt. Colonel USA | |
| John Wynn Davidson | |
27 | Brigadier General | |
| Gordon Granger | |
35 | Major General | |
| John Porter Hatch | |
17 | Brigadier General | Awarded Medal of Honor for South Mountain |
| James Morrison Hawes | |
29 | Brigadier General | |
| Louis Hébert | |
3 | Brigadier General | |
| Edward B. Hunt | |
2 | Major USA | Killed testing experimentlal weapon Oct. 1863 |
| Thomas Gamble Pitcher | |
40 | Brigadier General | |
| Fitz John Porter | |
8 | Major General | |
| Richard C.W. Radford | |
31 | Captain | Colonel |
| Thomas G. Rhett | |
6 | Major | Brigadier General of S.C. state troops |
| David Allen Russell | |
38 | Brigadier General | Killed at the Third Battle of Winchester, or Opequon |
| Delos B. Sackett | |
32 | Colonel USA | |
| Edmund Kirby Smith | |
25 | Major General | |
| William Farrar Smith | |
4 | Major General | |
| Charles Pomeroy Stone | |
7 | Brigadier General | |
| Thomas John Wood | |
5 | Major General | |
| William Wood | |
37 | Lt. Colonel USA | |
| William Henry Chase Whiting | |
1 | Major General |
Cadets who did not serve in the Civil War
| William T. Allen | 23 | Second Lieutenant | Died of disease on duty Texas, 1845 |
| Bezaleel W. Armstrong | 22 | Second Lieutenant | Died on sick leave New Lisbon, Ohio 1849 |
| Francis Collins | 12 | Resigned 1850 | |
| Henry Coppée | 11 | Resigned 1855 | |
| William L. Crittenden | 41 | Resigned 1849. Executed in Cuba 1851. | |
| George Edwards | 10 | Resigned 1851 | |
| Patrick A. Farrelly | 20 | First Lieutenant | Killed in riding accident on duty, Arkansas 1851 |
| Joseph F. Farry | 13 | First Lieutenant | Killed Molino Del Rey Sep. 1847 |
| Newton C. Givens | 30 | Captain | Died on sick leave, Texas, 1859 |
| Abram B. Lincoln | 21 | First Lieutenant | Died on sick leave Florida, 1852 |
| Joseph McElvain | 39 | Second Lieutenant | Killed on duty, accidentally shot self, N.M. 1847 |
| Henry Merrill | 19 | Second Lieutenant | Killed by accident at sea off Texas 1845 |
| Thomas J. Montgomery | 26 | Captain | Died on duty Ft. Steilacoom, Wash., 1854 |
| William Rhea | 34 | Second Lieutenant | Died on duty, Monterey, Mexico 1847 |
| John A. Richey | 18 | Second Lieutenant | Killed at Vilagran, Mexico 1847 |
| James G.S. Snelling | 24 | Captain | Died on duty Ohio, 1855 |
| Louis D. Welch | 14 | First Lieutenant | Died on sick leave 1848 |
| James N. Ward | 28 | Captain | Died on duty St. Anthony, Minn. 1858 |
| Thomas B.J. Weld | 16 | First Lieutenant | Died on duty Ft. Moultrie S.C. 1850 |
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