47 officers graduated in the West Point Class of 1854
36 served in the Civil War
Class of 1854 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.
| Henry L. Abbott |  |
2 | Colonel USV | |
| Judson D. Bingham | |
9 | Captain USA | |
| Zenas R. Bliss | |
41 | Colonel USV | |
| David H. Brotherton | |
44 | Captain USA | |
| Milton T. Carr | |
18 | Captain USA | Retired 12/29/63 |
| Henry W. Closson | |
8 | Captain USA | |
| Benjamin F. Davis | |
32 | Colonel USV | Killed 6/9/63 Brandy Station |
| James Deshler |  |
7 | Brigadier General | Killed 9/20/63 Chickamauga |
| George E. Gordon | |
30 | Captain USA | |
| Archibald Gracie | |
14 | Brigadier General | Killed 12/2/64 at Petersburg |
| John T. Greble | |
21 | 1st Lieutenant | Killed at Big Bethel 6/9/61; first USMA grad killed in the Civil War |
| Oliver D. Greene | |
26 | Major USA | Medal of Honor at Antietam |
| Loomis L. Langdon | |
20 | Captain USA | |
| G.W. Custiss Lee | |
1 | Major General | |
| Stephen D. Lee | |
17 | Lieutenant General | |
| John O. Long | |
31 | Lieutenant Colonel | |
| John Mc Cleary | |
46 | Captain USA | |
| John T. Mercer | |
40 | Colonel | Killed 4/19/64 Plymouth NC |
| Michael R. Morgan | |
16 | Captain USA | |
| John Mullins | |
43 | unknown | |
| Edgar O’Connor | |
42 | Colonel USV | Killed 8/2/61-Groveton |
| John Pegram | |
10 | Brigadier General | Mortally wounded at Hatchers Run, died 2/6/65; monument Hatchers Run; see bio |
| William D. Pender | |
19 | Major General | Killed Gettysburg 7/3/63 |
| Horace Randall | |
45 | Colonel | Killed Jenkins Ferry AK. 4/30/64 |
| Charles G. Rogers | |
11 | unknown | |
| Thomas H. Ruger | |
3 | Brigadier General USV | |
| Charles G. Sawtelle | |
38 | Lt. Colonel USA | |
| Henry A. Smalley | |
23 | Colonel USV | |
| Abner Smead | |
25 | Colonel | |
| John R. Smead | |
15 | Colonel USV | Killed Bull Run 8/30/61 |
| James E.B. Stuart | |
13 | Major General | Mortally wounded Yellow Tavern died 5/12/64; monument Yellow Tavern |
| E. Franklin Townsend | |
28 | Captain USA | |
| Thomas J. Treadwell | |
5 | Captain USA | |
| Charles H. Turnbull | |
5 | Captain USA | |
| John B. Villepigue | |
22 | Brigadier General | Died of fever Port Hudson 11/9/62 |
| Stephen H. Weed | |
27 | Brigadier General | Killed at Gettysburg 7/2/63; monument Gettysburg. |
Cadets who did not serve in the Civil War
| Alfred B. Chapman | 29 | Resigned 5/14/61 | |
| William M. Davant | 37 | Drowned 10/1/55 | |
| Samuel Kinsey | 24 | Died 7/14/55 Washington DC | |
| Waterman Palmer | 34 | Died 1855 | |
| Samuel T. Shepperd | 36 | Died Fort Leavenworth 6/27/55 | |
| Levi W. Wade | 39 | Died 9/13/54 | |
| James Wright | 33 | Died 10/26/57 Albuquerque NM | |
| Thomas J. Wright | 12 | Died near Chicago 1857 |
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