42 officers graduated in the West Point Class of 1851
38 served in the Civil War
Class of 1851 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.
| Thomas J. C. Amory |  |
30 | Brigadier General | Died of yellow fever at New Berne N.C. 1864 |
| George Leonard Andrews | |
1 | Brigadier General | |
| Laurence Simmons Baker |  |
42 | Brigadier General | |
| George Thatcher Balch | |
3 | Captain USA | Ordnance staff |
| Adolphus F. Bond | |
35 | Captain USA | |
| Gurden Chapin | |
25 | Major USA | |
| James Curtiss | |
26 | Captain USA | |
| Junius Daniel | |
33 | Brigadier General | Mortally wounded Spotsylvania, May 1864 |
| John Edwards | |
15 | Captain | |
| Kenner Garrard | |
8 | Brigadier General | |
| Alvan Cullem Gillem | |
11 | Brigadier General | |
| James B. Greene | |
41 | First Lieutenant | Died Ft. Hamilton N.Y., June 1861 |
| Benjamin Hardin Helm | |
9 | Brigadier General | Mortally wounded Chickamauga 1863; Lincoln’s brother in law |
| Henry C. Hodges | |
32 | Captain USA | Quartermaster staff |
| Caleb Huse | |
7 | Major | |
| Roger Jones | |
34 | Lieutenant Colonel | |
| John C. Kelton | |
26 | Colonel | |
| Henry E. Maynadier | |
17 | Colonel | |
| Alexander McRae | |
23 | Captain | Killed Valverde, N.M. Fen. 1862 |
| John Mendenhall | |
20 | Major | |
| Albert J.S. Molinard | |
16 | Captain USA | |
| Isaiah N. Moore | |
14 | Captain USA | Died of diesease, Ft. Craig, N.M. Jan. 1862 |
| William H. Morris | |
27 | Brigadier General | |
| James St. Clair Morton | |
2 | Brigadier General | |
| Charles E. Norris | |
24 | Captain USA | |
| Robert E. Patterson | |
29 | Colonel | |
| Edward A. Palfrey | |
37 | Lieutenant Colonel | |
| Alexander J. Perry | |
13 | Colonel | |
| Alexander Piper | |
5 | Colonel | |
| Hyatt C. Ransom | |
22 | Lieutenant Colonel | |
| John T. Shaaf | |
38 | Captain | |
| Melancthon Smith | |
36 | Colonel | |
| James Thompson | |
6 | Captain USA | |
| Joseph G. Tilford | |
40 | Captain USA | |
| Charles Henry Tompkins | |
— | Colonel | Resigned 1849 and did not graduate |
| William T. Welcker | |
4 | Major | |
| William Denison Whipple | |
31 | Brigadier General | Killed at Petersburg, June 1864 |
| Robert Williams | |
19 | Colonel |
Cadets who did not participate in the Civil War
| David Bell | 18 | First Lieutenant | Died on duty Ft. Monroe, Va., Dec. 1860 |
| Edward H. Day | 10 | First Lieutenant | Died on sick leave 1860 |
| Martin P. Parks, Jr. | 21 | Second Lieutenant | Died on duty near Ft. Atkinson, Kan., 1852 |
| De Witt N. Root | 11 | Bvt. 2nd Lieutenant | Died after graduation 1851 |
| Henry F. Whittier | 39 | Resigned 1855, died Nicaraugua 1856. |
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