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He graduated last in his class
He graduated last in his class
General Samuel R. Curtis graduated from West Point in 1831. In his graduating class of 33, he ranked 27th. Curtis was a Mexican War veteran and gained fame in the US Civil War Battle of Pea Ridge.
Major General William Starke Rosencrans graduated in the West Point class of 1842. He ranked fifth in his graduating class.
Confederate General George Edward Pickett graduated with the West point class of 1846. He ranked last in his class of 59 students.
Confederate General John C. Pemberton graduated from West point in the class of 1837. He ranked 27th in a class of 50 graduates.
Confederate General Braxton Bragg graduated form West Point in 1837. He ranked fifth in his class that had fifty graduates that year. General Bragg played a large role in the Western Theater of the US Civil War.
General George B. McClellan ranked number two in his class at West Point when he graduated.
Confederate General William Joseph Hardee graduated from West Point in 1838. Hardee ranked 26th in his graduating class of 45 cadets. Most of his action in the US Civil War was in the Western Theater.
Union General Charles Griffin graduated from West point in 1847. He ranked 23rd in a graduating class of cadets that numbered 38. Griffin saw most of his battlefield action in the Eastern Theater of the US Civil War.
General Philip Henry Sheridan graduated from West Point in 1853. He ranked 34th out of a class of 52.
Union General William Tecumseh Sherman graduated 6th of 42 in the West Point Class of 1840. He would become a lynchpin for the Union's success in the Western Theater of the US Civil War.