General Emory Upton graduated from West Point in 1861. There he ranked eighth among a class of 45 cadets. Upton saw much action in the Eastern Theater of the US Civil War. He served at the First Bull Run, the Peninsula campaign, and the battles of South Mountain and Antietam. He was in the Overland campaign in the Spring of 1864. This included Battle of Spotsylvania.
Union General William Hemsley Emory graduated from West Point in 1831. Among his class of 33 graduating cadets, he was ranked 14th. Emory saw battlefield action in the Shenandoah Valley including the Battle of Cedar Creek.
Union General Benjamin Butler did not graduate from West Point. He did have a college education and graduated from Colby College in Maine. He also passed the bar in Massachusetts and practiced law before the US Civil War.
Union General James Birdseye McPherson graduated from the West Point in 1853. He was ranked first in his class of 52 graduates.
Union Major General William T. Sherman graduated from West Point in 1840. Sherman ranked 6th in his class.
General Philip Henry Sheridan graduated from West Point in 1853. He ranked 34th out of a class of 52.
Union General Issac Ingalls Stevens graduated from West Point in 1839. Among the graduating class of 31, General Stevens ranked first. General Stevens was killed at the Battle of Chantilly in 1862.
Union General Jacob Ammen graduated from West Point in 1831. He ranked 12th in his graduating class of 33 cadets. General Ammen was most active in military operations in the Western Theater.
General Ulysses S. Grant
Union General John Porter Hatch was a West Point graduate in 1845. Among the 41 graduating cadets that year, Hatch was ranked 17th. Hatch saw war duty in the Eastern Theater. He served for example in the Peninsula campaign.
Union General Alfred Sully graduated from West Point in 1841. He was ranked 34th in his graduating class of 52 cadets. Sully is best known for his participation in the Peninsula campaign.
Union General Amiel Weeks Whipple graduated from West Point in 1841. He was ranked fifth among his graduating class of cadets numbering 52. General Weeks was mortally wounded at the Battle of Chancellorsville in 1863.
Union General Joseph Mansfield graduated from West Point in 1822. Among his class of graduating cadets of forty he ranked second.Mansfield took part in the Battle of Antietam, where he was mortally wounded.