38 cadets graduated
Cadets who served in the Civil War
Romeyn Beck Ayers | ![]() |
22 | Brigadier General | |
Daniel M. Beltzhoover | ![]() |
12 | Lieutenant Colonel | |
Clermont Best | ![]() |
21 | Captain USA | |
Henry M. Black | ![]() |
24 | Colonel | |
Edward D. Blake | ![]() |
37 | Lieutenant Colonel | |
William Wallace Burns | ![]() |
28 | Major General | |
Ambrose Burnside | ![]() |
18 | Major General | |
James Barnet Fry | ![]() |
14 | Brigadier General | |
Samuel Chalfin | ![]() |
7 | Captain USA | |
John Dickerson | ![]() |
11 | Captain USA | Resigned 1864 to become Commission Agent |
John Gibbon | ![]() |
20 | Major General | From class of ’46 |
Horatio Gates Gibson | ![]() |
17 | Colonel | |
Charles Griffin | ![]() |
23 | Major General | |
John Hamilton | ![]() |
2 | Captain USA | |
George W. Hazzard | ![]() |
5 | Colonel | Mortally wounded, White Oak Swamp 1862 |
Henry B. Hendershott | ![]() |
25 | Captain USA | Retired from active duty due to disablity 1864 |
Henry Heth | ![]() |
38 | Major General | |
Ambrose Powell Hill | ![]() |
15 | Lieutenant General | From class of ’46. Killed at Petersburg 1865 |
Lewis Cass Hunt | ![]() |
33 | Brigadier General | |
John Sanford Mason | ![]() |
9 | Brigadier General | |
Julian McAllister | ![]() |
4 | Captain USA | Ordnance Department |
Tredwell Moore | ![]() |
26 | Captain USA | |
Thomas Hewson Neill | ![]() |
27 | Brigadier General | |
Peter Plympton | ![]() |
35 | Major USA | |
Augustus H. Seward | ![]() |
34 | Major USA | |
John C. Symmes | ![]() |
1 | Captain USA | Retired for disability November 1861 |
Otis H. Tillinghast | ![]() |
13 | Captain | Mortally wounded at First Bull Run |
Daniel T. Van Buren | ![]() |
6 | Colonel | |
Egbert Ludovicus Viele | ![]() |
30 | Brigadier General | |
Orlando Bolivar Wilcox | ![]() |
8 | Brigadier General | Earned Medal of Honor at First Bull Run |
Joseph J. Woods | ![]() |
3 | Colonel |
Cadets who did not serve in the Civil War
Edward F. Abbott | 29 | Resigned 1854 | |
Anson J. Cook | 16 | First Lieutenant | Died on duty Florida, 1853 |
John De Russy | 36 | Second Lieutenant | Died on duty Fort Monroe, Va., 1850 |
Montgomery P. Harrison | 32 | Second Lieutenant | Killed in a skirmish with indians, Texas, 1849 |
Richard H. Long | 19 | Second Lieutenant | Died on duty Ft. Gibson, Indian Teritory, 1849 |
George Patten | 10 | Resigned 1851 | |
Washington P. Street | 10 | First Lieutenant | Died on duty at Camp McKavett, Texas, 1852 |
Main West Point Officers page with list of class years
Alphabetical Index of West Point Officers in the Civil War
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