UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY
Class of 1830
West Point, New York
42 Cadets Graduating
Civil War Military Enrollment:
U.S. 6 / C.S. 7 / Total 13
Civil War Military Enrollment:
U.S. 6 / C.S. 7 / Total 13
1st: Alexander Joseph Swift (New York) 1810 – 1847 Highest Rank Achieved: Captain U.S. Army Engineers – (Died) Civil War Role: Died before the Civil War Started Burial Place: Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York 2nd: William Elon Basinger (Georgia) 1806 – 1835 Highest Rank Achieved: 2nd Lt. U.S. Army 2nd Artillery – (Died) Civil War Role: Died before the Civil War Starter Burial Place: St. Augustine National Cemetery, St. Augustine, Florida 3rd: Walter Storey Chandler (District of Columbia) 1810 – 1835 Highest Rank Achieved: 2nd Lt. U.S. Army 2nd Artillery – (Drowned) Civil War Role: Died before the Civil War Started Burial Place: Drowned in Mobile Bay, Alabama 4th: Francis Vinton (Rhode Island) 1809 – 1872 Highest Rank Achieved: 2nd Lt. U.S. Army – (Resigned Aug. 1836) Civil War Role: No Active Role Assistant Minister in New York City Burial Place: Island Cemetery, Newport, Rhode Island 5th: William Nelson Pendleton (Virginia) 1809 – 1883 Highest Rank Achieved: 2nd Lt. U.S. Army – (Resigned: Oct. 31, 1833) Civil War Role: Brigadier General in Confederate Army Burial Place: Stonewall Jackson Memorial Cemetery, Lexington, Virginia 6th: George W. Lawson (Tennessee) Unknown – 1832 Highest Rank Achieved: Brevet 2nd Lt. U.S. Army–(Resigned June 1831) Civil War Role: Died before the Civil War Started Burial Place: Burial Place Unknown, Died in Clinton, Louisiana 7th: Thomas Jefferson Lee (Tennessee) 1808 – 1891 Highest Rank Achieved: Captain U.S. Army – (Resigned April 1855) Civil War Role: No Active Role Worked as Engineer for U.S. Govt. Burial Place: Green Mount Cemetery, Baltimore, Maryland 8th: John Waller Barry (Kentucky) 1810 – 1837 Highest Rank Achieved: 1st Lt. U.S. Army – (Resigned Nov. 1836) Civil War Role: Died before the Civil War Started Burial Place: Burial Place Unknown, Died in Lexington, Kentucky 9th: Thomas B. Linnard (Pennsylvania) 1810 – 1851 Highest Rank Achieved: Captain U.S. Army – (Died April 1851) Civil War Role: Died before the Civil War Started Burial Place: Woodlands Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 10th: Benjamin Poole (Maine) 1810 – 1839 Highest Rank Achieved: 1st Lt. U.S. Army – (Died: Nov 1839) Civil War Role: Died before the Civil War Started Burial Place: Saint Augustine National Cemetery, St. Augustine, Florida 11th: Simon Henry Drum (Pennsylvania) 1807 – 1847 Highest Rank Achieved: Captain U.S. Army – (Killed Sept. 1847) Civil War Role: Died before the Civil War Started Burial Place: Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia 12th: James H. Prentiss (Indiana) Unknown – 1848 Highest Rank Achieved: Captain U.S. Army – (Died Sept. 1848) Civil War Role: Died before the Civil War Started Burial Place: Burial Place Unknown, Died at Fort Polk, Texas 13th: Robert Henry Kirkwood Whiteley (Delaware) 1809 – 1896 Highest Rank Achieved: Colonel U.S. Army – (Retired 1875) Civil War Role: Lt. Colonel U.S. Army Ordnance Department Burial Place: Head of Christiana Church, Newark, Delaware 14th: Edwin Rose (New York) 1807 – 1864 Highest Rank Achieved: 1st Lt. U.S. Army – (Resigned June 1837) Civil War Role: Colonel of 81st New York Infantry Regiment Burial Place: Hayground Cemetery, Hayground, New York 15th: John Bankhead Magruder (Virginia) 1807 – 1871 Highest Rank Achieved: Captain U.S. Army – (Resigned April 1861) Civil War Role: Confederate Army Major General Burial Place: Trinity Episcopal Cemetery, Galveston, Texas 16th: Albert Taylor Bledsoe (Kentucky) 1809 – 1877 Highest Rank Achieved: Brevet 2nd Lt U.S. Army – (Resigned Aug. 1832) Civil War Role: Colonel in the Confederate Army Burial Place: University of Virginia Cemetery, Charlottesville, Virginia 17th: John S. Stoddard (New York) 1810 – 1862 Highest Rank Achieved: Brevet 2nd Lt. U.S. Army–(Resigned Nov 1832) Civil War Role: No military role Superintendent of Waterworks Burial Place: Washington Street Cemetery, Geneva, New York 18th: John Wilkins Murray (Pennsylvania) 1811 – 1831 Highest Rank Achieved: Brevet 2nd Lt. U.S. Army – (Killed Feb. 1831) Civil War Role: Died before the Civil War Started Burial Place: Fort Gibson National Cemetery, Fort Gibson, Oklahoma 19th: James West (Maryland) Unknown – 1838 Highest Rank Achieved: 2nd Lt. U.S. Army – (Died Sept. 28th 1834) Civil War Role: Died before the Civil War Started Burial Place: Fort Gibson National Cemetery, Fort Gibson, Oklahoma 20th: James M. Hill (Maine) 1808 – 1849 Highest Rank Achieved: Captain U.S. Army – (Died Jan. 1849) Civil War Role: Died before the Civil War Started Burial Place: Fort Gibson National Cemetery, Fort Gibson, Oklahoma 21st: Samuel Kinney (Illinois) 1805 – 1835 Highest Rank Achieved: 1st Lt. U.S. Army – (Died Dec. 1835) Civil War Role: Died before the Civil War Started Burial Place: Burial Place Unknown, Died at Fort Gibson, Oklahoma | 22nd: Jesse H. Leavenworth (Vermont) 1807 – 1885 Highest Rank Achieved: 2nd Lt. U.S. Army – (Resigned Oct. 1836) Civil War Role: Colonel of 2nd Colorado Volunteers Infantry Regiment Burial Place: Forest Home Cemetery, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 23rd: Meriwether Lewis Clark Sr. (Missouri) 1809 – 1881 Highest Rank Achieved: Brevet 2nd Lt. U.S. Army –(Resigned May 1833) Civil War Role: Brigadier General Missouri State Guard Burial Place: Bellefontaine Cemetery, St. Louis, Missouri 24th: John Thompson Collinsworth (Tennessee) 1808 – 1837 Highest Rank Achieved: 2nd Lt. U.S. Army – (Resigned July 1836) Civil War Role: Died before the Civil War Started Burial Place: Died at a Military Camp in Texas, Burial Place Unknown 25th: Lloyd James Beall (Maryland) 1808 – 1887 Highest Rank Achieved: Major U.S. Army Paymaster – (Resigned 1861) Civil War Role: Colonel and Commandant of Confederate Marines Burial Place: Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia 26th: William Cruger Heyward (New York) 1808 – 1863 Highest Rank Achieved: Brevet 2nd Lt. U.S. Army – (Resigned Feb 1832) Civil War Role: Colonel in the Confederate Army Burial Place: Saint Michael’s Church, Charleston, South Carolina 27th: Joseph Ritner (Pennsylvania) 1807 – 1834 Highest Rank Achieved: 2nd Lt. U.S. Army – (Died February 1834) Civil War Role: Died before the Civil War Started Burial Place: Alter Burial Ground, Buffalo Village, Pennsylvania 28th: John Henry King Burgwin (North Carolina) 1810 – 1847 Highest Rank Achieved: Captain U.S. Army – (Died Feb. 1847) Civil War Role: Died before the Civil War Started Burial Place: Burial Place unknown Died at Pueblo De Taos N.M. 29th: Thomas Ludwell Alexander (Kentucky) 1807 – 1881 Highest Rank Achieved: Lt. Colonel U.S. Army – (Retired Oct. 1863) Civil War Role: Lt. Colonel of U.S. Army 5th Infantry Regiment Burial Place: Saint Louis Cemetery, Louisville, Kentucky 30th: James H. Taylor (New York) 1809 – 1835 Highest Rank Achieved: 2nd Lt. U.S. Army – (Drowned Cossitot River) Civil War Role: Died before the Civil War Started Burial Place: Fort Gibson National Cemetery, Fort Gibson, Oklahoma 31st: Robert Christie Buchanan (District of Columbia) 1811 – 1878 Highest Rank Achieved: Colonel U.S. Army – (Retired Dec. 31, 1870) Civil War Role: Brigadier General of Union Army Volunteers Burial Place: Rock Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C. 32nd: Camillus Cecil Daviess (Kentucky) 1807 – 1842 Highest Rank Achieved: 1st Lt. U.S. Army – (Resigned Sept. 1838) Civil War Role: Died before the Civil War Started Burial Place: Burial Place Unknown Died in Stanford, Kentucky 33rd: John Stuphen Vanderveer (New Jersey) 1810 – 1879 Highest Rank Achieved: Captain U.S. Army – (Resigned Dec. 1840) Civil War Role: Didn’t served in Military during Civil War Burial Place: King City Cemetery, King City, Missouri 34th: Thomas J. Royster (Louisiana) Unknown – 1832 Highest Rank Achieved: Brevet 2nd Lt. U.S. Army – (Died Sept 1832) Civil War Role: Died before the Civil War Started Burial Place: Burial Place Unknown, died at Rock Island, Illinois 35th: George Wilson (Ohio) 1809 – 1880 Highest Rank Achieved: 1st Lt. U.S. Army – (Resigned Dec. 1837) Civil War Role: Non-Civil War Bank Clerk in Lexington Missouri Burial Place: Machpelah Cemetery, Lexington, Missouri 36th: George Waynflette Patten (Rhode Island) 1808 – 1882 Highest Rank Achieved: Lt. Colonel U.S. Army – (Retired Feb. 1864) Civil War Role: Lt. Colonel United States Army 2nd Infantry Regiment Burial Place: Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia 37th: William Eustis (Massachusetts) 1810 – 1889 Highest Rank Achieved: Captain U.S. Army – (Resigned Aug. 1849) Civil War Role: Farmer in Natchez, Mississippi Burial Place: Woodlands Cemetery, Philadelphia Pennsylvania 38th: David Augustus Manning (North Carolina) 1809 – 1835 Highest Rank Achieved: 2nd Lt. U.S. Army – (Died July 1835) Civil War Role: Died before the Civil War Started Burial Place: Barrancas National Cemetery, Pensacola, Florida 39th: George Welles McClure (New York) 1809 – 1834 Highest Rank Achieved: 2nd Lt. U.S. Army – (Died July 1834) Civil War Role: Died before the Civil War Started Burial Place: Burial Place Unknown, Died at Cross Timbers I.T. 40th: Richard H. Ross (Maryland) Unknown – 1851 Highest Rank Achieved: Captain U.S. Army – (Died August 1851) Civil War Role: Died before the Civil War Started Burial Place: Burial Place Unknown, Died at Boston, Massachusetts 41st: John Miller Clendenin (Pennsylvania) 1809 – 1842 Highest Rank Achieved: 1st Lt. U.S. Army – (Died Oct. 1842) Civil War Role: Died before the Civil War Started Burial Place: Burial Place Unknown, Died at Madison Barracks, N.Y. 42nd: Stephen Bruce Legate (New York) 1811 – 1835 Highest Rank Achieved: 2nd Lt. U.S. Army – (Resigned Aug. 1835) Civil War Role: Died before the Civil War Started Burial Place: Burial Place Unknown, Died at Fort Smith, Arkansas |
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