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List of Confederate States Army officers educated at the United States Military Academy

List of Confederate States Army officers educated at the United States Military Academy

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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. Confederate President Jefferson Davis, himself a former officer and West Point graduate (class of 1828), preferred West Point trained officers for the Confederate States Army (CSA). This article lists those alumni. Also included are a number of officers who were cadets at West Point but for reason known or unknown never graduated, such as Lewis Armistead. There are several (indicated) familial relations between the officers, e.g. between members of the Lee family of Virginia. Other notable Confederate officers include James Longstreet (class of 1842), Stonewall Jackson (class of 1846), and J.E.B. Stuart (class of 1854).

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List

Note: "Class year" refers to the class year of the individual alumnus, which usually is the same year he graduated. In times of war classes often graduate early.
Note: A "-" before a class year in brackets means that the individual alumnus was part of this class, but did not graduate.
Note: Alumni who graduated in the same class are listed according to class rank, highest to lowest, with non-graduates listed alphabetically at the end.
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See also

References

General

^ a: Cullum, George W. (1879). Biographical Register of the Officers and Graduates of the U. S. Military Academy, from 1802 to 1867. West Point, NY: United States Military Academy Library.
^ b: "West Point Civil War Generals List". Thomas' Legion. 2003. Retrieved 2015-12-28.
^ c: Eicher, John H.; Eicher, David J. (2001). Civil War High Commands. Stanford University Press. ISBN 0-8047-3641-3.
^ d: Krick, Robert E.L. (2003). Staff Officers in Gray: A Biographical Register of the Staff Officers in the Army of Northern Virginia. University of North Carolina Press. ISBN 0-8078-2788-6.
^ e: Cpt. McCabe, W. Gordon (1902). "Graduates of West Point Serving in the CSA Army". The Civil War Homepage. Retrieved 27 December 2015.
^ f: Abbot, Henry L. (1905). Half century record of the Class at West Point 1850 to 1854. Boston, MASS: T. Todd, Printer.

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