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Robert E. Lee graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1829 and was second in his class.
1903
Union General Ormsby MacKnight Mitchel graduated from West Point in 1829. Forty-six cadets graduated that year and Mitchel ranked 15th among his class which included Robert E. Lee. Mitchel served in the Western Theater but his life was cut short by yellow fever in 1862.
He was in his first year at West Point, where he was the only newcomer promoted to Sergeant, and eventually graduated 2nd in his class, before being posted to the Topographical Engineers.
Union General Robert Allen graduated from West point in 1836. He was ranked 33rd among the 49 cadets graduating that year. Allen spent most of the US Civil War as a quartermaster under General Meigs. Allen was responsible for keeping Union troops in the Western Theater fully supplied.
Confederate General Jubal A. Early graduated from West Point in 1837. He ranked 18th in a graduating class of 50 cadets. Early is best known as being one of Robert E. Lee's generals at the Battle of Gettysburg.
No he did not, which is even greater testament to his accomplishments. He did enroll in ROTC while at City College. Source: http://www.westpointaog.org/NetCommunity/Page.aspx?pid=495
According to An Adjutant General Remembers: a Military Memoir by Major General Kenneth Wickham, he graduated from West Point on 12 June 1938.
Grant accepted a US army infantry position as a second lieutenant at Jefferson Barracks near St Louis the year that he graduated from West Point .
James Longstreet held the rank of major general in the Confederate army. He graduated 54th in the West Point class of 1842.
Union General James Birdseye McPherson graduated from the West Point in 1853. He was ranked first in his class of 52 graduates.
1852
Union Major General William T. Sherman graduated from West Point in 1840. Sherman ranked 6th in his class.