46 officers graduated in the West Point Class of 1829
19 served in the Civil War
Class of 1829 members who served in the Civil War
For Federal officers indicated rank is as U.S. Volunteers unless shown as “USA,” which indicates rank in the Regular U.S. Army.
| name | class rank | highest rank | comments | |
| James Barnes |  |
5 | Brigadier General | |
| Albert Gallatin Blanchard |  |
26 | Brigadier General | |
| Benjamin W. Brice | |
40 | Colonel USA | Paymaster staff |
| Joseph Smith Bryce | |
7 | Captain USV | |
| Catharinus Putnam Buckingham | |
6 | Brigadier General | |
| Sidney Burbank | |
17 | Colonel USA | |
| Albemarle Cady | |
24 | Colonel USA | |
| Thomas Alfred Davies | |
25 | Brigadier General US | |
| Seth Eastman | |
22 | Lt. Colonel USA | |
| William Hoffman | |
18 | Colonel USA | |
| Theophilus Hunter Holmes | |
44 | General | |
| Franklin E. Hunt | |
20 | Major USA | |
| Joseph Eggleston Johnston | |
13 | General | |
| Robert Edward Lee | |
2 | General | Monument at Gettysburg |
| Lewis C. Hunt | |
33 | Brigadier General | |
| Ormsby MacNight Mitchell | |
15 | Major General | Died of disease on duty at Beaufort, S.C. Oct. 1862 |
| Thomas H. Neill | |
27 | Brigadier Genera | |
| Caleb C. Sibley | |
28 | Colonel USA | |
| Thomas Swords | |
23 | Colonel USA | Quartermaster Staff |
Cadets who did not serve in the Civil War
| James Allen | 35 | Lt. Colonel | Died on duty at Ft. Leavenworth, Kan., 1846 |
| George R.J. Bowdoin | Resigned 1832; graduated as George Sullivan | ||
| Gustavus Brown | 16 | Second Lieutenant | Died on duty at Ft. Dearborn, Ill. 1832 |
| Robert W. Burnet | Resigned 1833; Board of Visitors to USMA | ||
| John C. Casey | 11 | Captain | Died at Ft. Brooke Fl. 1856 |
| James Clark | 34 | Resigned 1829 | |
| John P. Davis | 37 | Dismissed 1845 for financial irregularities, died 1853 | |
| Jonathan Freeman | 36 | Resigned 1837, died 1854 | |
| Charles W. Hackley | 9 | Resigned 1833, died January 1861 | |
| William H. Harford | 3 | Resigned 1833 , Died 1836 | |
| Chileab S. Howe | 27 | Resigned 1838 | |
| John Allen Smith Izard | 4 | Resigned 1837 | |
| John F. Kennedy | 14 | First Lieutenant | Died on duty at Charleston, S.C. 1837 |
| Miner Knowlton | 10 | On sick leave 1849, retired 1861 | |
| Lancaster P. Lupton | 21 | Resigned 1836 | |
| Charles Mason | 1 | Resigned 1831 | |
| John Mackay | 8 | Captain | Died on sick leave, 1848 |
| Charles O. May | 43 | Second Lieutenant | Died on dutyat Jefferson Barracks, Mo., 1830 |
| William R. McKee | 12 | Colonel | Killed at Buena Vista, Mexico, 1847 |
| James S. Moore | 42 | Resigned 1829 | |
| Edwin R. Long | 39 | Second Lieutenant | Died on duty at Detroit, Mi., 1846 |
| Joseph H. Pawling | 31 | Resigned 1830, died 1847 | |
| Charles Petigru | 19 | Second Lieutenant | Died on duty at Apalachicola, Fl., 1835 |
| Richard B. Screven | 46 | Captain | Died on sick leave 1851 |
| Antes Snyder | 32 | Resigned 1830, died Dec. 1861 | |
| George A. Sterling | 30 | Resigned 1831 | |
| William H. Warfield | 33 | Resigned 1832, died 1857 | |
| Edward R. Williams | 45 | Resigned 1835 | |
| James H. Wright | 29 | Second Lieutenant | Died on duty at Jefferson Barracks, Mo., 1830 |
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