Wednesday, August 02, 2006

West Point Class of 1846

I've recently read: The Class of 1846 by John C. Waugh, and I wanted to quote the list provided:
Adams, John: Class Rank: 25, Highest rank: Confederate Brig Gen, Killed at the Battle of Franklin, 1864.

Bacon, Rufus: Class Rank: 23. Committed suicide in 1846.

Botts Archibald: Class Rank: 57. Died in Mexico, 1847.

Couch, Darius Nash: Class Rank: 13. Highest Rank: Union Major General.

Derby, George Horatio: Class Rank: 7. Died as the WTBS began while a celebrated humorist.

Dutton, William: Class Rank 15. Highest Rank: Union Colonel. Died in 1862.

Easley, Thomas; Class Rank: 48. Killed in the Mexican War in 1847.

Foster, John Gray: Class Rank: 4. Highest Rank: Union Major General.

Fry, Birkett Davenport: Dismissed from the Academy. Highest Rank: Confederate Brig Gen.

Gardner, William Montgomery: Class Rank: 55. Highest Rank: Confederate Brig Gen.

Gibbon, John: Graduated in 1847. Highest Rank: Union Major General.

Gordon, George Henry: Class Rank: 43. Highest Rank: Union Major General

Hardcastle, Edmund Lafayette: Class Rank: 5. Resigned from the Army in 1856.

Hill, Ambrose Powell: Graduated in 1847. Highest Rank: Confederate Lt Gen. Killed at Petersburg, 1865.

Jackson, Thomas Jonathan: Class Rank: 17. Highest Rank: Confederate Lt Gen. Mortally wounded at Chancellorsville in 1863.

Jones, David Rumph: Class Rank: 41. Highest Rank: Confederate Major General. Died in 1863.

Lowe, Thomas J: Dismissed for irrepressibly questionable conduct.

McClellan, George Brinton: Class Rank: 2. Highest Rank: Union Major General.

Maury, Dabney Herndon: Class Rank: 37. Highest Rank: Confederate Major General.

Maxey, Samuel Bell; Class Rank: 58. Highest Rank: Confederate Major General.

Oakes, James: Class Rank: 34. Highest Rank: Union Brig Gen.

Pickett, George Edward: Class Rank: 59. Highest Rank: Confederate Major General.

Raymond, Samuel H: Died at West Point in 1845.

Reno, Jesse Lee: Class Rank: 8. Highest Rank; Union Major General. Killed at South Mountain in 1862.

Rodgers, Alexander Perry: Class Rank; 30. Killed in the Mexican War in 1947.

Seymour, Charles Seafort: Class Rank: 1. Highest Rank: Union Colonel.

Stoneman, George: Class Rank: 33. Highest Rank: Union Major General.

Stuart, James: Class Rank: 39. Killed in the Indian Wars in 1851.

Sturgis, Samuel Davis: Class Rank: 32. Highest Rank: Union Major General.

Taylor, Oliver Hazzard Perry: Class Rank: 31. Killed in the Indian Wars in 1858.

Turnley, Parmenas Taylor: Class Rank: 40. Highest Rank: Union Captain. Disabled and retired in 1863.

Wilcox, Cadmus Maecellus: Class Rank: 54. Highest Rank: Confederate Major General.

Wilson, Clarendon J.L.: Class Rank; 9. Died in New Mexico Territory in 1853.

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