Union General George Henry Thomas graduated from West Point in 1840. Among his graduating class of 42 cadets, Thomas ranked 12th. He gained a solid reputation at the fierce Battle of Chickamauga in September of 1863.
Union General George Henry Thomas graduated from West Point in 1840. Among the 42 graduating cadets, Thomas ranked 12th. Thomas saw the most battle action in the Western Theater. Perhaps his most famous victory was the 1864 victory at the Battle of Nashville.
Yes, to some. Henry Flipper was the first African-American to graduate from West Point.
General Philip Henry Sheridan graduated from West Point in 1853. He ranked 34th out of a class of 52.
Custer was a graduate of the Military Academy at West Point.
The first black West Point cadet was former slave James Webster Smith, who entered the academy in 1870 but did not graduate. Henry O. Flipper was the first black cadet to graduate from West Point, in 1877.
Union General John Henry Gordon graduated from West Point in 1846. He was ranked 43rd in his class of graduating cadets that numbered 59. Gordon served with honor in major battles in the Eastern Theater including the battles of Antietam and Gettysburg. Later in the war he was appointed to head the Department of Virginia. As an aside, Gordon was in the same West Point class as George B. McClellan and George Edward Pickett.
He was a West Point graduate. The term Point Man may have originated at the academy, come to think of it!
Confederate General Bryan Morel Thomas graduated from West Point in 1858. Among the 27 cadets in his graduating class, Thomas was ranked 22nd. Thomas is best known for participating in the bloody Battle of Shiloh.
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George Washington. West Point had not been created.Note to earlier poster- Grant did graduate from West Point.
Confederate General George Edward Pickett graduated with the West point class of 1846. He ranked last in his class of 59 students.
General Henry W. Halleck graduated from West Point in 1839. He was ranked third in a graduating class of 31. Halleck had a fine career during the US Civil War. Foe a time, President Lincoln promoted him to the position of general in chief. In that role both generals US Grant and George B. McClellan reported to Halleck.