Ω West Point Class of 1829

UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY

Class of 1829

West Point, New York

46 Cadets Graduating
Civil War Military Enrollment:
:tinyus34: U.S. 15 / :TinyCS1Nat: C.S. 4 / Total 19

1st:
Charles Thomas Mason (New York) 1804 – 1882
Highest Rank Achieved: Bvt. 2nd Lt – (Resigned December 31, 1831)
Civil War Role: Not in Army – (Patent Attorney, Iowa)
Burial Place: Aspen Grove Cemetery, Burlington, Iowa (Cenotaph)

2nd:
Robert Edward Lee (Virginia) 1807 – 1870 :TinyCS1Nat:
Highest Rank Achieved: Colonel – (Resigned April 25, 1861)
Civil War Role: General and Commander of Army of Northern Virginia
Burial Place: Lee Chapel, Lexington, Virginia

3rd:
William Henry Harford (Georgia) 1807 – 1836
Highest Rank Achieved: 2nd Lt. U.S. Army – (Resigned Sept. 15, 1833)
Civil War Role: Died in Louisiana before the Civil War
Burial Place: Burial Place Unknown Died in New Orleans, Louisiana

4th:
Joseph Allen Smith Izard (Pennsylvania) 1810 – 1879
Highest Rank Achieved: 1st Lt. U.S. Army – (Resigned April 30, 1837)
Civil War Role: Not in Army – (Planter in Black River South Carolina)
Burial Place: Magnolia Cemetery, Charleston, South Carolina

5th:
James Barnes (Massachusetts) 1806 – 1869 :tinyus34:
Highest Rank Achieved: 1st Lt U.S. Army – (Resigned July 31, 1836)
Civil War Role: Brigadier General Union Army Volunteers
Burial Place: Springfield Cemetery, Springfield, Massachusetts

6th:
Catharinus Putnam Buckingham (Ohio) 1808 – 1888 :tinyus34:
Highest Rank Achieved: 2nd Lt. U.S. Army – (Resigned Sept. 30, 1831)
Civil War Role: Brigadier General Union Army Volunteers
Burial Place: Woodlawn Cemetery, Zanesville, Ohio

7th:
Joseph Smith Bryce (Washington D.C.) 1808 – 1901 :tinyus34:
Highest Rank Achieved: 2nd Lt. U.S. Army – (Resigned May 31, 1832)
Civil War Role: Captain and Staff Officer in Union Army Volunteers
Burial Place: Saint Marks Church in the Bowery, Manhattan, New York

8th:
John Mackay (Georgia) 1805 – 1848
Highest Rank Achieved: Captain Topographical Engineers
Civil War Role: Died before the Civil War
Burial Place: Burial Place Unknown, Died in Savannah, Georgia

9th:
Charles W. Hackley (New York) – 1861
Highest Rank Achieved: 2nd Lt. U.S. Army – (Resigned Sept. 30, 1833)
Civil War Role: Died before the Civil War Started
Burial Place: Burial Place Unknown, Died in New York City, New York

10th:

Miner Knowlton (Connecticut) 1804 – 1870 :tinyus34:
Highest Rank Achieved: Captain U.S. Army – (Retired Oct. 26, 1861)
Civil War Role: Complier of Instructions & Regulations for Militia & Volunteers
Burial Place: Saint Mary’s Episcopal Churchyard, Burlington, New Jersey

11th:
John Charles Casey (New Jersey) 1809 – 1856
Highest Rank Achieved: Captain U.S. Army 3rd Infantry
Civil War Role: Died before the Civil War Started
Burial Place: Burial Place Unknown, Died at Fort Brooke, Florida

12th:

William Robertson McKee (Kentucky) 1808 – 1847
Highest Rank Achieved: 1st Lt. U.S. Army – (Resigned Sept. 15, 1836)
Civil War Role: Killed before the War while serving in Mexican War
Burial Place: Frankfort Cemetery, Frankfort, Kentucky

13th:
Joseph Eggleston Johnston (Virginia) 1807 – 1891 :TinyCS1Nat:
Highest Rank Achieved: Brig. General – (Resigned: April 22, 1861)
Civil War Role: General in the Confederate Army
Burial Place: Green Mount Cemetery, Baltimore, Maryland

14th:
John Francis Kennedy (Maryland) 1805 – 1837
Highest Rank Achieved: 1st Lt. U.S. Army Artillery – (Died)
Civil War Role: Died before the Civil War Started
Burial Place: Beaufort National Cemetery, Beaufort, South Carolina

15th:
Ormsby McKnight Mitchel (Kentucky) 1809 – 1862 :tinyus34:
Highest Rank Achieved: 2nd Lt. U.S. Army – (Resigned: Sept. 30, 1832)
Civil War Role: Major General Union Army Volunteers
Burial Place: Green–Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York

16th:
Gustavus Brown (Kentucky) – 1832
Highest Rank Achieved: 2nd Lt. U.S. Army 3rd Artillery – (Died)
Civil War Role: Died before the Civil War Started
Burial Place: Burial Place Unknown Died in Fort Dearborn, Illinois

17th:
Sidney Burbank (Massachusetts) 1807 – 1882 :tinyus34:
Highest Rank Achieved: Colonel U.S. Army – (Retired: May 1, 1870)
Civil War Role: Colonel United States Army 2nd​ Infantry Regiment
Burial Place: Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio

18th:
William Hoffman (New York) 1807 – 1884 :tinyus34:
Highest Rank Achieved: Colonel U.S. Army – (Retired: May 1, 1870)
Civil War Role: Colonel United States Army 3rd Infantry Regiment
Burial Place: Chippiannock Cemetery, Rock Island, Illinois

19th:
Charles Petigru (South Carolina) 1805 – 1835
Highest Rank Achieved: 2nd Lt. U.S. Army Artillery – (Died)
Civil War Role: Died before the Civil War Started
Burial Place: Mosquito Creek Swamp, Chattahoochee, Florida

20th:
Franklin Eyre Hunt (New Jersey) 1809 – 1881 :tinyus34:
Highest Rank Achieved: Lt. Colonel Pay Dept. – (Retired June 7, 1879)
Civil War Role: Major and Paymaster United States Army
Burial Place: Mount Muncie Cemetery, Lansing, Kansas

21st:
Lancaster P. Lupton (New York) 1807 – 1885
Highest Rank Achieved: 1st Lt. U.S. Army – (Resigned March 31, 1836)
Civil War Role: Miner and Farmer in California didn’t participate
Burial Place: Blue Lake Cemetery, Blue Lake, California

22nd:
Seth Eastman (Maine) 1808 – 1875 :tinyus34:
Highest Rank Achieved: Lt. Colonel U.S. Army – (Retired Dec 3, 1863)
Civil War Role: Lt. Colonel and Military Governor of Cincinnati Ohio
Burial Place: Oak Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.

23rd:
Thomas Swords (New York) 1806 – 1886 :tinyus34:
Highest Rank Achieved: Colonel U.S. Army – (Retired Feb. 22, 1869)
Civil War Role: Colonel and Assistant Quartermaster U.S. Army
Burial Place: Saint James Episcopal Church, Edison, New Jersey
24th:
Albemarle Cady (New Hampshire) 1807 – 1888 :tinyus34:
Highest Rank Achieved: Colonel U.S. Army – (Retired May 18, 1864)
Civil War Role: Colonel in command of Draft in Connecticut
Burial Place: Old North Cemetery, Concord, New Hampshire

25th:
Thomas Alfred Davies (New York) 1809 – 1899 :tinyus34:
Highest Rank Achieved: Brevet 2nd Lt – (Resigned October 31, 1831)
Civil War Role: Brigadier General Union Army Volunteers
Burial Place: Davies Cemetery, Oswegatchie, New York

26th:
Albert Gallatin Blanchard (Massachusetts) 1810 – 1891 :TinyCS1Nat:
Highest Rank Achieved: 1st Lt. U.S. Army – (Resigned Oct. 1, 1840)
Civil War Role: Brig. General in the Confederate Army
Burial Place: St. Louis No 2 Cemetery, New Orleans, Louisiana

27th:
Chileab Smith Howe (New York) 1809 – 1875
Highest Rank Achieved: 1st Lt. U.S. Army – (Resigned: Feb. 28, 1838)
Civil War Role: Planter and Merchant took no active role in War
Burial Place: Burial Place Unknown, Died in Memphis, Tennessee

28th:
Caleb Chase Sibley (Massachusetts) 1806 – 1875 :tinyus34:
Highest Rank Achieved: Colonel U.S. Army – (Retired Feb. 22, 1869)
Civil War Role: Colonel U.S. Army 16th​ Infantry Regiment
Burial Place: Rosehill Cemetery, Chicago, Illinois

29th:
James Hampton Wright (South Carolina) Unknown – 1830
Highest Rank Achieved: Brevet 2nd Lt. U.S. Army – (Died)
Civil War Role: Died before the War Started
Burial Place: Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery, Lemay, Missouri

30th:
George Augustine Sterling (Connecticut) 1810 – 1869
Highest Rank Achieved: 2nd Lt. U.S. Army – (Resigned Dec. 31, 1831)
Civil War Role: Farmer in Sharon Connecticut no active part in War
Burial Place: Hillside Cemetery, Sharon, Connecticut

31st:
Joseph Hiester Pawling (Pennsylvania) 1808 – 1847
Highest Rank Achieved: Brevet 2nd Lt. U.S. Army–(Resigned Nov 1830)
Civil War Role: Died before the Civil War Started
Burial Place: Saint John Episcopal Church, Norristown, Pennsylvania

32nd:
Antes Snyder (Pennsylvania) 1805 – 1861
Highest Rank Achieved: Brevet 2nd Lt. U.S. Army–(Resigned Sept 1830)
Civil War Role: Died right after the War started no military role
Burial Place: Charles Baber Cemetery, Pottsville, Pennsylvania

33rd:
William Henry Warfield (Maryland) 1807 – 1857
Highest Rank Achieved: Brevet 2nd Lt. U.S. Army–(Resigned Oct. 1832)
Civil War Role: Died before the Civil War Started
Burial Place: Holy Trinity Cemetery, Eldersburg, Maryland

34th:
James Clark (Pennsylvania) Unknown – 1885
Highest Rank Achieved: Brevet 2nd Lt. U.S. Army–(Resigned Aug. 1830)
Civil War Role: President College of Holy Cross not active in the War
Burial Place: Burial Place Unknown, died in Georgetown, D.C.

35th:
James Allen (Indiana) 1806 – 1846
Highest Rank Achieved: Captain U.S. Army – (Died Fort Leavenworth)
Civil War Role: Died before the Civil War Started
Burial Place: Fort Leavenworth, National Cemetery, Fort Leavenworth

36th:
Jonathan Freeman (New Jersey) Unknown – 1854
Highest Rank Achieved: 2nd Lt. U.S. Army – (Resigned May 15, 1837)
Civil War Role: Died before the Civil War
Burial Place: Burial Place Unknown, Died in Jonesborough, Illinois

37th:
John P. Davis (Maine) Unknown – 1853
Highest Rank Achieved: Captain U.S. Army – (Dismissed April 1845)
Civil War Role: Died before the Civil War
Burial Place: Burial Place Unknown, Died in Cherokee Nation

38th:
George Russell James Bowdoin (Massachusetts) 1809 – 1870
Highest Rank Achieved: Bvt. 2nd Lt U.S. Army – (Resigned Aug. 1832)
Civil War Role: Attorney in New York City, New York, No Military Role
Burial Place: Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, Sleepy Hollow, New York

39th:
Edwin Ramsay Long (North Carolina) 1807 – 1846
Highest Rank Achieved: 1st Lt. U.S. Army 2nd​ Infantry – (Died)
Civil War Role: Died before the Civil War Started
Burial Place: Elmwood Cemetery, Detroit, Michigan

40th:
Benjamin Wilson Brice (Ohio) 1806 – 1892 :tinyus34:
Highest Rank Achieved: Brig. General Paymaster – (Retired Jan 1872)
Civil War Role: Paymaster in the Union Army
Burial Place: Soldiers Home Cemetery, Washington, D.C.

41st:
Robert Wallace Burnet (Ohio) 1806 – 1898
Highest Rank Achieved: 2nd Lt. U.S. Army – (Resigned March 31, 1833)
Civil War Role: Took No part in the Civil War
Burial Place: Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio

42nd:
James Seaborn Moore (Georgia) 1807 – 1869
Highest Rank Achieved: Bvt. 2nd Lt. U.S. Army – (Resigned Oct 1829)
Civil War Role: Took No Part was a Planter in Warrior Stand Alabama
Burial Place: Unknown Burial Place, Died in Warrior Stand, Alabama

43rd:
Charles O. May (Vermont) Unknown – 1830
Highest Rank Achieved: Bvt. 2nd Lt U.S Army – (Died)
Civil War Role: Died before the Civil War Started
Burial Place: Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery, Lemay, Missouri

44th:
Theophilus Hunter Holmes (North Carolina) 1804 – 1880 :TinyCS1Nat:
Highest Rank Achieved: Major U.S. Army – (Resigned April 22, 1861)
Civil War Role: Lt. General in the Confederate Army
Burial Place: MacPherson Presbyterian Church, Fayetteville, North Carolina

45th:
Edward R. Williams (Connecticut) Unknown – 1891
Highest Rank Achieved: 2nd Lt. U.S. Army – (Resigned: June 30, 1835)
Civil War Role: Not Known
Burial Place: Burial Place Unknown, Died at Deer Park, Illinois

46th:
Richard Bedon Screven (South Carolina) 1808 – 1851
Highest Rank Achieved: Captain U.S. Army – (Died May 15, 1851)
Civil War Role: Died before the War Started
Burial Place: Burial Place Unknown, Died in New Orleans, Louisiana
 
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I remember in this list and others, it seems like at least half or more of the people in these classes resigned from the army after a couple years, either in 1832 or 1833. Any particular reason for that period specifically, or is it because broadly these people were more there for the education than for military service?
 
It's sort of ironic that the one man to graduate ahead of Lee did not serve in the Civil War and became a Copperhead. He was opposed to the war effort but was not disloyal or in touch with the Confederates.
 
What's remarkable is that the No. 1 in that class resigned from the army early on and never had a role in the CW. Unlike No. 2, Robert E. Lee.
Yeah. I remember hearing that Robert E. Lee was the finest student ever enrolled at West Point, not a single demerit to his name...and still only came in 2nd in his class.
Always wondered who on earth could have outdone Lee in his own class, if it was some officer in the Mexican War who wasn't around for the Civil War, or only got up to the rank of Captain or something. But no...he was still around being a lawyer in the middle of the Civil War.
 
I remember in this list and others, it seems like at least half or more of the people in these classes resigned from the army after a couple years, either in 1832 or 1833. Any particular reason for that period specifically, or is it because broadly these people were more there for the education than for military service?
My thoughts too.
 
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