34 officers graduated in the West Point Class of 1855
31 served in the Civil War
Class of 1855 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.
| William Woods Averell |  |
26 | Brigadier General | |
| Clarence E. Bennett | |
25 | Lieutenant Colonel | |
| Samuel Breck | |
7 | Major USA | |
| Timothy M. Bryan | |
27 | Colonel | |
| Frederick L. Childs |  |
9 | Lieutenant Colonel | |
| John R. Church | |
16 | unknown | |
| Albert B. Colburn | |
17 | Lieutenant Colonel | Died St. Louis June 1863 |
| Cyrus B. Comstock | |
1 | Captain USA | Engineers |
| John Van Dusen Du Bois | |
10 | Colonel | |
| George H. Elliott | |
4 | Captain USA | Engineers |
| Henry W. Freedley | |
29 | First Lieutenant USA | |
| Ebenezer Gay | |
6 | Captain USA | |
| David McMurtrie Gregg | |
8 | Brigadier General | |
| Edward L. Hartz | |
24 | Captain USA | |
| William Babcock Hazen | |
28 | Major General | |
| James Hoffman Hill | |
23 | Major | |
| Robert C. Hill | |
33 | Colonel | Died December 1863 |
| Henry M. Lazelle | |
30 | Colonel | |
| Lewis Merrill | |
20 | Colonel | |
| Francis Redding Tillou Nicholls | |
12 | Brigadier General | |
| William Russell Pease | |
31 | Colonel | Colonel 117th New York Infantry. (Biography) |
| George D. Ruggles | |
19 | Major | |
| Francis Shoup | |
15 | Brigadier General | |
| Michael P. Small | |
11 | Lieutenant Colonel | |
| Charles W. Thomas | |
22 | Lieutenant Colonel | |
| Alfred Thomas Archimedes Torbert | |
21 | Brigadier General | |
| John Wesley Turner | |
14 | Brigadier General | |
| Alexander Stewart Webb | |
13 | Brigadier General | Earned Medal of Honor at Gettysburg; monument at Gettysburg |
| James Wheeler | |
18 | Captain USA | Cashiered May 1862 |
| Junius B. Wheeler | |
5 | Captain USA | Engineers |
| Godfrey Weitzel | |
2 | Major General |
Non-Graduates who did participate in the Civil War
| William Whedbee Kirkland | |
N/A | Brigadier General | Did not graduate, but appointed to US Marine Corps. |
Graduates who did not participate in the Civil War
| John K. Allen | 32 | Second Lieutenant | Killed in skirmish with indians, Washington, 1858 |
| George McGunnegle Dick | 34 | Second Lieutenant | Died of disease 1856 |
| Cornelius Van Camp | 3 | Second Lieutenant | Killed in fight with indians, Texas, 1858 |
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