Posted on Apr 5, 2016
Do you know which graduates of the West Point class of 1837 fought in the Civil War?
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Most members of the class of 1837 fought in both the FL Indian War 1837 to 1838 and the Mexican War. Many died before the Civil War and several were killed in the Civil War. Several were wounded in combat.
Most of those who fought in the Civil war fought for the Union but some fought for the confederacy.
GEN (CSA) Braxton Bragg; LTG (CSA) Jubal Anderson; MG John Sedgewick; and MG Joseph Hooker.
Pictured at top is Braxton Bragg; then left to right John Sedgewick, Joseph Hooker and Jubal Anderson.
Most of those who fought in the Civil war fought for the Union but some fought for the confederacy.
GEN (CSA) Braxton Bragg; LTG (CSA) Jubal Anderson; MG John Sedgewick; and MG Joseph Hooker.
Pictured at top is Braxton Bragg; then left to right John Sedgewick, Joseph Hooker and Jubal Anderson.
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LTC Stephen F. I did not know the Generals were part of the class of 1837 USMA, what a rich tradition and a historical part of military heritage. Sweet indeed!
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LTC Stephen F.
Most of the generals who fought for the north and south graduated from West Point SFC Joe S. Davis Jr., MSM, DSL Lee graduated in 1829 and Pickett graduated in 1846 with most in between. Many fought side-by-side in the Florida Indian War from 1837 to 1838 and in the Mexican war.
I am trying to go though my copy of the register of graduates and extract the information and translate the shorthand for each class. My plan is to work back to 1829 when Lee graduated and then move from 1840 on up on class at a time over the next month.
FYI SrA Christopher Wright SP5 Mark Kuzinski SGT John " Mac " McConnell COL Mikel J. Burroughs LTC Stephen C. LCpl Mark Lefler PO3 Steven Sherrill SGT Jinger Jarrett
I am trying to go though my copy of the register of graduates and extract the information and translate the shorthand for each class. My plan is to work back to 1829 when Lee graduated and then move from 1840 on up on class at a time over the next month.
FYI SrA Christopher Wright SP5 Mark Kuzinski SGT John " Mac " McConnell COL Mikel J. Burroughs LTC Stephen C. LCpl Mark Lefler PO3 Steven Sherrill SGT Jinger Jarrett
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longstreet and grant both graduated west point, so did sherman and I think pickett.
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LTC Stephen F.
Most of the general officers in the Civil War graduated from West Point LCpl Mark Lefler. Many of them fought side-by-side in the Florida Indian War of 1837-1838 and in the Mexican war.
Robert E. Lee graduated in the West Point class of 1829
William T. Sherman graduated in the West Point class of 1842 as graduate number 1022.
James Longstreet graduated in the West Point class of 1842 as graduate number 1164.
Ulysses S. Grant graduated in the West Point class of 1843 as graduate number 1187.
George Picket graduated last in the class of 1846 as graduate number 1330.
I have already posted the USMA graduates of 1839 and 1838 who fought in the Civil War in separate questions. It takes time for me to look through my register of graduates and translate some of the information so that it makes sense.
Robert E. Lee graduated in the West Point class of 1829
William T. Sherman graduated in the West Point class of 1842 as graduate number 1022.
James Longstreet graduated in the West Point class of 1842 as graduate number 1164.
Ulysses S. Grant graduated in the West Point class of 1843 as graduate number 1187.
George Picket graduated last in the class of 1846 as graduate number 1330.
I have already posted the USMA graduates of 1839 and 1838 who fought in the Civil War in separate questions. It takes time for me to look through my register of graduates and translate some of the information so that it makes sense.
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LCpl Mark Lefler
LTC Stephen F. - i just think its all very interesting, I really like studying the civil war.
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I was interested to learn that one future CSA officer served as one of the highest officers at West Point. William Henry Talbott Walker served as Commandant of Cadets USMA 1854 – 1856.
Two graduates of this class have permanent monuments erected in their honor: West Point a monument made of a cannon captured by his Corps honors MG John Sedgewick; Gettysburg monument marks the spot where BG (CSA) Lewis Addison Armistead fell at Gettysburg.
Pictured: Statue of a soldier is MG John Sedgewick at West Point; Stone honors CSA BG Lewis Addison Armistead and a Union MG Winfield S. Hancock who both were killed at Gettysburg; The column monument is Battle Monument at West Point.
Since RallyPoint truncates survey selection text I am posting information about the other members of the class of 1837 that were not included and then the full text of each survey choice below:
A. GEN (CSA) Braxton Bragg fought in the Florida Indian War and the Mexican War. Bragg was graduate number 895.
B. LTG (CSA) Jubal Anderson Early fought in the Florida Indian War and the Mexican War. Early was graduate number 908.
C. MG John Sedgewick fought in the Florida Indian War and the Mexican War. He served as a MG of US volunteers and was wounded at Glendale and at Antietam. He was commander of VIth Corps at Spotsylvania when he was killed on 9 May 1864. A monument made of a cannon captured by his Corps honors him at West Point. Sedgewick was graduate number 912.
D. MG Joseph Hooker fought in the Florida Indian War and the Mexican War. In 1862 he was MG of volunteers and was wounded at Antietam. He served as CG of the Army of the Potomac from 26 January to 28 June 1863. He received the Thanks of Congress in 1864. Hooker was graduate number 919.
BG (CSA) William Whann Mackall fought in the Florida Indian War and the Mexican War. Served on staff of A.S. Johnson’s in 1862; POW who was exchanged in 1862; then as Braxton Bragg’s Chief of Staff in 1863; and as J.E. Johnson’s Chief of Staff in 1864. Mackall was graduate number 898.
BG Eliakim Parker Scammon fought in the Florida Indian War. COL of Ohio volunteers. BG US volunteers. POW in 1864. Scammon was graduate number 899.
BG Lewis Golding Arnold fought in the Florida Indian War and the Mexican War. BG of US volunteers in 1862. He retired disabled in 1864. Arnold was graduate number 900.
BG Israel Vogdes fought in the Florida Indian War. He was captured during the Battle of Fort Pickens, SC and was a POW in 1861 to 1862. He was a BG of US volunteers in 1862 and served until 1865. Vogdes was graduate number 901.
BG Thomas Williams fought in the Florida Indian War and the Mexican War. He was a BG of US volunteers in 1861 and was killed at the Battle of Baton Rouge, LA on 4 August 1862. Williams was graduate number 902.
COL (CSA) Robert Tignall Jones fought in the Florida Indian War. He was killed at Fair Oaks on 31 May 1862. Jones was graduate number 903.
Brevet MG Edward Davis Townsend fought in the Florida Indian War. He was Chief of Staff to GEN Scott in 1861. He served as assistant Adjutant General from 1861 to 1863 and then as acting Adjutant General until 1869. Townsend was graduate number 906.
MAJ (CSA) Edmund Bradford fought in the Florida Indian War and the Mexican War. He was a CSA Inspector General. Bradford was graduate number 909.
Brevet LTC Henry Clay Pratt fought in the Florida Indian War and the Mexican War. He served as the DC paymaster from 1861 to 1865. Pratt was graduate number 910.
Brevet BG Bennett Hoskin Hill fought in the Florida Indian War and the Mexican War. He served as Assistant Pay Master General from 1863 to 1865. Hill was graduate number 911.
MG William Henry French fought in the Florida Indian War and the Mexican War. He served as a MG of US volunteers in 1862. French was graduate number 912.
BG Joshua Hall Bates fought in the Florida Indian War. He served from 1861 to 1862. Bates was graduate number 915.
LTG (CSA) John Clifford fought in the Florida Indian War and the Mexican War. Pemberton was graduate number 917.
MAJ (CSA) Arthur Middleton Rutledge fought in the Florida Indian War. Rutledge was graduate number 922.
MG (CSA) Arnold Elzey Jones fought in the Florida Indian War and the Mexican War. He was wounded at Port Republic and Cold Harbor while serving as a CSA MG. Jones was graduate number 923.
COL Samuel Woods fought in the Florida Indian War and the Mexican War. He served as San Francisco pay master from 1861 to 1866. Woods was graduate number 926.
BG John Blair Smith Todd fought in the Florida Indian War and the Mexican War. He served as a BG of US volunteers in 1861 to 1862. He represented the territory of Dakota from 1861 to 1865 in the U.S. House of Representatives. Smith was graduate number 929.
CPT William Gain Grandlin fought in the Florida Indian War. He served in 161 to 1862 and died in Washington, D.C. on 4 August 1863. Grandlin was graduate number 934.
MG (CSA) CSA William Henry Talbott Walker was wounded three times between the Florida Indian War and the Mexican War. He serves as Commandant of Cadets at USMA from 1854 to 1856. He was killed in Atlanta, GA at the Battle of Decatur on 22 July 1864. Walker was graduate number 936.
BG (CSA) Robert Hall Chilton was stationed in Indian Territory and later fought in the Mexican War. Chilton was graduate number 938.
Former cadets who didn’t graduate:
BG (CSA) Lewis Addison Armistead fought in the Mexican War. He was mortally wounded at Gettysburg and died on 3 July 1863. A monument marks the spot where he fell at Gettysburg.
COL Mikel J. Burroughs LTC Stephen C. LTC (Join to see) CSM Charles Hayden SFC William Swartz Jr SGM Steve Wettstein PO2 William Allen Crowder SGT Randal Groover SrA Christopher Wright SGT John " Mac " McConnell SP5 Mark Kuzinski SPC Corbin Sayi SSgt (Join to see) SSgt Robert Marx SPC (Join to see) SGT (Join to see) CW5 (Join to see) 1stSgt Eugene Harless SGM Mikel Dawson SGM David W. Carr LOM, DMSM MP SGT
Two graduates of this class have permanent monuments erected in their honor: West Point a monument made of a cannon captured by his Corps honors MG John Sedgewick; Gettysburg monument marks the spot where BG (CSA) Lewis Addison Armistead fell at Gettysburg.
Pictured: Statue of a soldier is MG John Sedgewick at West Point; Stone honors CSA BG Lewis Addison Armistead and a Union MG Winfield S. Hancock who both were killed at Gettysburg; The column monument is Battle Monument at West Point.
Since RallyPoint truncates survey selection text I am posting information about the other members of the class of 1837 that were not included and then the full text of each survey choice below:
A. GEN (CSA) Braxton Bragg fought in the Florida Indian War and the Mexican War. Bragg was graduate number 895.
B. LTG (CSA) Jubal Anderson Early fought in the Florida Indian War and the Mexican War. Early was graduate number 908.
C. MG John Sedgewick fought in the Florida Indian War and the Mexican War. He served as a MG of US volunteers and was wounded at Glendale and at Antietam. He was commander of VIth Corps at Spotsylvania when he was killed on 9 May 1864. A monument made of a cannon captured by his Corps honors him at West Point. Sedgewick was graduate number 912.
D. MG Joseph Hooker fought in the Florida Indian War and the Mexican War. In 1862 he was MG of volunteers and was wounded at Antietam. He served as CG of the Army of the Potomac from 26 January to 28 June 1863. He received the Thanks of Congress in 1864. Hooker was graduate number 919.
BG (CSA) William Whann Mackall fought in the Florida Indian War and the Mexican War. Served on staff of A.S. Johnson’s in 1862; POW who was exchanged in 1862; then as Braxton Bragg’s Chief of Staff in 1863; and as J.E. Johnson’s Chief of Staff in 1864. Mackall was graduate number 898.
BG Eliakim Parker Scammon fought in the Florida Indian War. COL of Ohio volunteers. BG US volunteers. POW in 1864. Scammon was graduate number 899.
BG Lewis Golding Arnold fought in the Florida Indian War and the Mexican War. BG of US volunteers in 1862. He retired disabled in 1864. Arnold was graduate number 900.
BG Israel Vogdes fought in the Florida Indian War. He was captured during the Battle of Fort Pickens, SC and was a POW in 1861 to 1862. He was a BG of US volunteers in 1862 and served until 1865. Vogdes was graduate number 901.
BG Thomas Williams fought in the Florida Indian War and the Mexican War. He was a BG of US volunteers in 1861 and was killed at the Battle of Baton Rouge, LA on 4 August 1862. Williams was graduate number 902.
COL (CSA) Robert Tignall Jones fought in the Florida Indian War. He was killed at Fair Oaks on 31 May 1862. Jones was graduate number 903.
Brevet MG Edward Davis Townsend fought in the Florida Indian War. He was Chief of Staff to GEN Scott in 1861. He served as assistant Adjutant General from 1861 to 1863 and then as acting Adjutant General until 1869. Townsend was graduate number 906.
MAJ (CSA) Edmund Bradford fought in the Florida Indian War and the Mexican War. He was a CSA Inspector General. Bradford was graduate number 909.
Brevet LTC Henry Clay Pratt fought in the Florida Indian War and the Mexican War. He served as the DC paymaster from 1861 to 1865. Pratt was graduate number 910.
Brevet BG Bennett Hoskin Hill fought in the Florida Indian War and the Mexican War. He served as Assistant Pay Master General from 1863 to 1865. Hill was graduate number 911.
MG William Henry French fought in the Florida Indian War and the Mexican War. He served as a MG of US volunteers in 1862. French was graduate number 912.
BG Joshua Hall Bates fought in the Florida Indian War. He served from 1861 to 1862. Bates was graduate number 915.
LTG (CSA) John Clifford fought in the Florida Indian War and the Mexican War. Pemberton was graduate number 917.
MAJ (CSA) Arthur Middleton Rutledge fought in the Florida Indian War. Rutledge was graduate number 922.
MG (CSA) Arnold Elzey Jones fought in the Florida Indian War and the Mexican War. He was wounded at Port Republic and Cold Harbor while serving as a CSA MG. Jones was graduate number 923.
COL Samuel Woods fought in the Florida Indian War and the Mexican War. He served as San Francisco pay master from 1861 to 1866. Woods was graduate number 926.
BG John Blair Smith Todd fought in the Florida Indian War and the Mexican War. He served as a BG of US volunteers in 1861 to 1862. He represented the territory of Dakota from 1861 to 1865 in the U.S. House of Representatives. Smith was graduate number 929.
CPT William Gain Grandlin fought in the Florida Indian War. He served in 161 to 1862 and died in Washington, D.C. on 4 August 1863. Grandlin was graduate number 934.
MG (CSA) CSA William Henry Talbott Walker was wounded three times between the Florida Indian War and the Mexican War. He serves as Commandant of Cadets at USMA from 1854 to 1856. He was killed in Atlanta, GA at the Battle of Decatur on 22 July 1864. Walker was graduate number 936.
BG (CSA) Robert Hall Chilton was stationed in Indian Territory and later fought in the Mexican War. Chilton was graduate number 938.
Former cadets who didn’t graduate:
BG (CSA) Lewis Addison Armistead fought in the Mexican War. He was mortally wounded at Gettysburg and died on 3 July 1863. A monument marks the spot where he fell at Gettysburg.
COL Mikel J. Burroughs LTC Stephen C. LTC (Join to see) CSM Charles Hayden SFC William Swartz Jr SGM Steve Wettstein PO2 William Allen Crowder SGT Randal Groover SrA Christopher Wright SGT John " Mac " McConnell SP5 Mark Kuzinski SPC Corbin Sayi SSgt (Join to see) SSgt Robert Marx SPC (Join to see) SGT (Join to see) CW5 (Join to see) 1stSgt Eugene Harless SGM Mikel Dawson SGM David W. Carr LOM, DMSM MP SGT
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