Trivia 12-20-17 Famous Class

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Answer: The USMA Class of 1846.
Among its graduates were 19 future generals: eight U. S. and eight rebel. These (with class ranking) included United States Army generals Darius N. Couch (13), John G. Foster (4), George H. Gordon (43), George B. McClellan (2), James Oakes (34), Jesse L. Reno (8), George Stoneman (33), Samuel D. Sturgis (32). Though originally a member of the Class, John Gibbon graduated in 1847.
Future rebel Generals were John Adams (25), William M. Gardner (55), Thomas J. Jackson (17), David R. Jones (41), Dabney H. Maury (37), Samuel B. Maxey (58), George E. Pickett (59), Cadmus M. Wilcox (54). Ambrose P. Hill entered with the Class, but graduated in 1847.
In addition Birkett D. Fry, who entered with the Class, was dismissed from the Academy after failing mathematics and did not graduate.
Source: John Waugh, The Class of 1846: From West Point to Appomattox. (New York: Ballantine Books, 1994).

Edit - Different sources give different figures, ranging from 19 to 22, for the number of generals who came from the Class of 1846.

One player cited a source which said that both the Class of 1841 and the Class of 1846 produced 20 Civil War generals. Since this answer is supported by a source, I will also count the Class of 1841 as a correct answer.

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