UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY
Class of 1829
West Point, New York
46 Cadets Graduating
Civil War Military Enrollment:
U.S. 15 / C.S. 4 / Total 19
Civil War Military Enrollment:
U.S. 15 / 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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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