38 officers graduated in the West Point Class of 1857
37 served in the Civil War
Class of 1857 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.
| Edward Porter Alexander |  |
3 | Brigadier General | |
| Robert Huston Anderson | |
35 | Brigadier General | |
| Thomas Baylor |  |
7 | Captain USA | Ordnance Staff |
| Francis Beach | |
16 | Colonel | |
| Thomas J. Berry | |
11 | Lieutenant Colonel | |
| Ira W. Claflin | |
27 | Captain USA | |
| Aurelius F. Cone | |
28 | Lieutenant Colonel | Quartermaster Staff |
| Edward J. Conner | |
33 | Captain USA | |
| Joseph S. Conrad | |
32 | Lieutenant Colonel | |
| George A. Cunningham | |
25 | Colonel | |
| Charles E. Farrand | |
36 | Captain USA | |
| Samuel Wragg Ferguson | |
19 | Brigadier General | |
| Oliver H. Fish | |
13 | unknown | |
| George W. Holt | |
31 | Lieutenant Colonel | |
| George A. Kensel | |
10 | Lieutenant Colonel | |
| Manning M. Kimmel | |
22 | Major | Fought with U.S. at Bull Run then joined Confederacy |
| Thomas J. Lee | |
37 | First Lieutenant | Served as Private for 2 years in Indiana Volunteers |
| John Sappington Marmaduke | |
30 | Major General | |
| Henry C. McNeill | |
26 | Colonel | |
| Richard Kidder Meade, Jr. | |
2 | Major | Fought as U.S. at Fort Sumter. Resigned to join the C.S. Died of disease July 1862 in Petersburg. |
| Charles Hale Morgan | |
12 | Lieutenant Colonel | |
| John C. Palfrey | |
1 | Lieutenant Colonel | Corps of Engineers |
| Paul J. Quattlebaum | |
29 | Major | |
| Lafayette Peck | |
38 | Lieutenant | Died of disease in Alabama March 1864 |
| Haldiman S. Putnam | |
8 | Colonel | Killed at Fort Wagner, July 1863 |
| George Ryan | |
34 | Colonel | Killed at Spottsylvania, May 1864 |
| Marcus Reno | |
20 | Colonel | Custer’s second in command at Little Big Horn |
| Henry M. Robert | |
4 | Captain USA | Corps of Engineers. Created “Robert’s Rules of Order” |
| Augustus G. Robinson | |
18 | Captain USA | Quartermaster staff |
| William Sinclair | |
17 | Colonel | |
| J.L. Kirby Smith | |
6 | Colonel | Mortally wounded at Corinth, Miss. October 1862 |
| William P. Smith | |
9 | Lieutenant Colonel | |
| George Crockett Strong | |
5 | Major General | Mortally wounded at Fort Wagner, July 1863 |
| Charles J. Walker | |
15 | Colonel | |
| Edward R. Warner | |
21 | Lieutenant Colonel | |
| George H. Weeks | |
23 | Captain USA | |
| Abram Wildrick | |
14 | Colonel |
Cadet who did not serve in the Civil War
| John T. Magruder | 24 | Second Lieutenant | Died on duty at Maryville, Neb. 1858 |
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