Union General Frederick Steele graduated from West Point in 1843. He was ranked 30th in his graduating class of 39 cadets. Steele served most of the war in the Western Theater. He is best known for his participation in the Vicksburg campaign.
Union General Frederick Steele graduated from West Point in 1843. Among the 39 cadets that graduated that year, Fredrick Steele ranked 30th. Steele saw service in the Western Theater. For a time he was under the command of General Sherman and took part in the battles around Vicksburg, Mississippi.
Confederate General William Steele graduated from West Point in 1840. He was ranked 31st in a graduating class of 42 cadets. Although he was born in the North, Steele chose to side with the South. He saw action in the Western Theater.
Confederate General Edmund Kirby Smith was a graduate of West Point's class of 1845. He ranked 26th in his class.
He graduated from West Point Military Academy
According to An Adjutant General Remembers: a Military Memoir by Major General Kenneth Wickham, he graduated from West Point on 12 June 1938.
General Philip Henry Sheridan graduated from West Point in 1853. He ranked 34th out of a class of 52.
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.
General Ulysses S. Grant
James Longstreet held the rank of major general in the Confederate army. He graduated 54th in the West Point class of 1842.
Major General William Starke Rosencrans graduated in the West Point class of 1842. He ranked fifth in his graduating class.
Union General James Birdseye McPherson graduated from the West Point in 1853. He was ranked first in his class of 52 graduates.
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