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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