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[[Category:United States Army lists|Academy alumni, famous list]]
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Traditional hat toss at the 200th anniversary graduation ceremony at the United States Military Academy June 7, 2002
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The United States Military Academy (USMA) is an undergraduate college in West Point, New York that educates and commissions officers for the United States Army. The Academy was founded in 1802 and graduated its first class in October of the same year. It is the oldest of the five American service academies. Sports media refer to the Academy as "Army" and the students as "Cadets"; this usage is officially endorsed.[1] A few graduates each year are given the option of entering the United States Air Force, United States Navy, or United States Marine Corps. Before the founding of the United States Air Force Academy in 1955, the Academy was a major source of officers for the Air Force and its predecessors. Most cadets are admitted through the congressional appointment system.[2][3] The curriculum emphasizes various fields in sciences and engineering.[4][5]

This list is drawn from ...

Other notable graduates include 2 Presidents of the United States, 18 astronauts, 4 heads of state, 74 Medal of Honor recipients,[6] 70 Rhodes Scholars, and 3 Heisman Trophy winners.[7] Among American universities, the Academy is fourth on the list of total winners for Rhodes Scholarships, seventh for Marshall Scholarships and fourth for Hertz Fellowships.[8]

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

Confederate States Army officers

Note: "Class year" refers to the alumni's class year, which usually is the same year they graduated. However, in times of war classes often graduate early.
Name Class year Notability References
Samuel Cooper 1815 Colonel USA, General CSA; Second Seminole War and Mexican–American War; Adjutant General of the US Army; Adjutant General and Inspector General of the Confederate States Army [a][b][9]
Walter Gwynn 1822 First Lieutenant USA, Brigadier General CSA; civil, fortifications, and railroad engineer [a][b][10]
Isaac R. Trimble 1822 Major General CSA; civil and railroad engineer; wounded and captured at the Battle of Gettysburg [a][b][11]
Benjamin Huger 1825 Major USA, Major General CSA; Mexican-American War; was relieved of field command during the American Civil War and assigned to staff duty [a][b][12]
Albert Sidney Johnston 1826 Brigadier General USA, General CSA; Texas War of Independence, Mexican-American War, Utah War; killed at the Battle of Shiloh, probably by one of his own men [a][b][13]
Leonidas Polk 1827 Second Lieutenant USA, Lieutenant General in Confederate States Army; resigned his commission soon after graduating from the Academy to enter Virginia Theological Seminary; founder of University of the South; killed in combat during the Battle of Marietta; Fort Polk named in his honor [a][b][14]
Thomas Drayton 1828 First Lieutenant USA, Brigadier General CSA; railroad engineer; at the Battle of Port Royal fought against his brother, Percival Drayton [a][b][15]
Robert E. Lee 1829 Colonel USA, General CSA; graduated second in his class at the Academy, without demerits; son George Washington Custis Lee, class of 1854, graduated first in class; Commander, Army of Northern Virginia (1862–1865); General-in-Chief, Confederate States Army (1865); President, Washington and Lee University (1865–1870) [a][b][16]
Theophilus H. Holmes 1829 Major USA, Lieutenant General CSA; commanded coastal defenses and military districts during most of the American Civil War [a][b][17]
Joseph E. Johnston 1829 Brigadier General USA, General CSA; Mexican–American War, Seminole Wars; highest-ranking U.S. Army officer to resign and join the Confederate States of America [a][b][18]
Edward Johnson 1830 Major USA, Major General CSA; Mexican–American War, Seminole Wars, Utah War; captured twice during the American Civil War [a][b][18]
John B. Magruder 1830 Major USA, Major General CSA, Major General in Imperial Mexican Army; Second Seminole War and Mexican–American War veteran; noted for deceptive delaying tactics [b][19]
William N. Pendleton 1830 Second Lieutenant USA, Brigadier General CSA; educator and Episcopal priest; served as Robert E. Lee's chief of artillery during most of the American Civil War [b][20]
George B. Crittenden 1832 Lieutenant Colonel USA, Major General CSA; Black Hawk War, Army of the Republic of Texas, Mexican-American War; reduced in rank from Major General to Colonel in October 1862 [b][21]
Humphrey Marshall 1832 Second Lieutenant USA, Brigadier General CSA; Mexican–American War veteran with Kentucky militia; U.S. Representative from Kentucky (1849-1852), (1855-1859); resigned from the Confederate Army in June 1863; member of Second Confederate Congress [b][22]
Goode Bryan 1834 Major USA, Brigadier General CSA; Mexican–American War; served in several prominent Civil War battles, including the Battle of the Wilderness [b][23]
Lloyd Tilghman 1836 Captain USA, Brigadier General CSA; captured then released at the Battle of Fort Henry; killed at the Battle of Champion Hill [b][24]
Braxton Bragg 1837 Lieutenant Colonel USA, General CSA; Second Seminole War, Mexican–American War; a principal commander in the Western Theater of the American Civil War; Fort Bragg is named after him [b][25]
Jubal Anderson Early 1837 Major USA, Loeutenant General CSA; Seminole Wars, Mexican–American War; key leader in the Army of Northern Virginia; never surrendered, escaping to Mexico and Candada until pardoned in 1868; established the Lost Cause point of view by writing articles for the Southern Historical Society in the 1870s [b][26]
John C. Pemberton 1837 Major USA, Lieutenant General CSA; Seminole Wars, Mexican–American War; defeated at the Siege of Vicksburg [b][27]
Pierre Gustave Toutant (P.G.T.) Beauregard 1838 Major USA, General CSA; military engineer; ordered the firing of shots at Fort Sumter, South Carolina that started the Civil War [b][28]
William J. Hardee 1838 Lieutenant Colonel USA, Lieutenant General CSA; Second Seminole War, Mexican–American War; noted military tactician; fought in several battles during the American Civil War [b][29]
Henry Hopkins Sibley 1838 Major General CSA; Second Seminole War, Mexican–American War, Utah War; leader of the failed New Mexico Campaign; court marialed and censured in 1863 [b][30]
Carter L. Stevenson 1838 Major General CSA; Second Seminole War, Mexican–American War, Third Seminole War, Utah War; served mostly in the Western Theater of the American Civil War [b][31]
Alexander Lawton 1839 Brigadier General CSA; graduated from Harvard Law School, class of 1842; seriously wounded at the Battle of Antietam in September 1862 and served as the Confederacy's second Quartermaster General for the remainder of the war; became president of the American Bar Association in 1882; served as minister to Austria-Hungary (1887-1889) [b][32]
Bushrod Johnson 1840 Major General in Confederate States Army; Seminole War and Mexican–American War; professor of philosophy, chemistry, and engineering; co-chancellor of the University of Nashville (1870–1875) [b][33]
James Longstreet 1842 Major USA, Lieutenant General CSA; Mexican–American War; excelled in several battles during the American Civil War, including the Second Battle of Bull Run and Battle of Antietam; severely wounded at the Battle of the Wilderness; ambassador to the Ottoman Empire (1897-1904) [b][34]
Roswell S. Ripley 1843 Major USA, Brigadier General CSA; Mexican–American War, Seminole Wars; fought in many battles as part of the Army of Northern Virginia, severely wounded at the Battle of Antietam, also served as a commander of coastal defenses [b][35]
Stonewall Jackson 1846 Major USA, Lieutenant General CSA; Mexican–American War; professor of natural and experimental philosophy and artillery at Virginia Military Institute (1851-1861); excelled in several battles during the American Civil War, including the First Battle of Bull Run where he received his nickname; accidentally shot by his own troops at the Battle of Chancellorsville and died of complications eight days later [b][36]
George Washington Custis Lee 1854 First Lieutenant US Army, Major General CSA; graduated first in his class at the Academy; father Robert E. Lee, class of 1829, graduated second in his class; President, Washington and Lee University (1871–1897) [a][37]
Stephen D. Lee 1854 First Lieutenant USA, Lieutenant General CSA; Seminole Wars, American Indian Wars; youngest Lieutenant General in the Confederate States Army; first president of Agricultural and Mechanical College of Mississippi (1880-1899) [b][38][39]
J.E.B. Stuart 1854 Captain USA, Major General CSA; American Indian Wars; excelled in several battles during the American Civil War, including the Peninsula Campaign and Maryland Campaign [b][40]
Albert Sidney Johnston
Robert E. Lee
P.G.T. Beauregard
James Longstreet
Stonewall Jackson
A. P. Hill
J.E.B. Stuart
Stephen Dodson Ramseur

References

General

^ a: "Special Collections: Biographical Register of the Officers and Graduates of the U. S. Military Academy". United States Military Academy Library. 1950. Retrieved 2009-04-04.
^ b: "Civil War Generals from West Point". University of Tennessee - Knoxville. 2003. Retrieved 2009-064-28. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)

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  2. ^ "FAQ: Who Attends the US Military Academy". USMA Office of Admissions. Retrieved 2009-03-21.
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  5. ^ "Academic Catalog: "The Redbook"". USMA Office of the Dean. 2008-09-10. Retrieved 2008-03-21.
  6. ^ "West Point Congressional Medal of Honor Recipients". Medalofhonor.com. Retrieved 2009-03-21.
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  8. ^ "Scholarship Winners". USMA Office of the Dean. Retrieved 2008-12-19.
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  15. ^ Warner, Ezra J. (1959). Generals in Gray: Lives of the Confederate Commanders. Baton Rouge, LA: Louisiana State University Press. p. 75. ISBN 0807108235.
  16. ^ Freeman, Douglas S. (1934). R. E. Lee, A Biography. New York City: Charles Scribner's Sons. pp. 301, 375–95, 425, 476, 602, . Retrieved 2009-04-19.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link)
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  20. ^ Eicher, John H. (2001). Civil War High Commands. Stanford University Press. p. 424. ISBN 0804736413. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
  21. ^ "Report of Major General George B. Crittenden, C. S. Army, commanding division". The Civil War Archive. 1862-02-13. Retrieved 2009-07-13.
  22. ^ Brush, Bryan (2007). "Confederate Brigadier General Humphrey Marshall". Bryan Brush. Retrieved 2009-07-12.
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  28. ^ Williams, T. Harry (1955). P.G.T. Beauregard: Napoleon in Gray. Louisiana State University Press. pp. 2–47, 91–168, 203–207. ISBN 0807119741.
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  37. ^ Gordon, William (1914). Major-General George Washington Custis Lee. Richmond, VA: Virginia Historical Society. p. 8. Retrieved 2009-04-19.
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