Union Fritz John Porter graduated from West Point in 1845. Among his graduating class of 41 cadets, Porter ranked eighth. Porter served under John Pope at the Second Battle of Bull Run and under George B. McClellan at the Battle of Antietam. He commanded the V Corps at Antietam and the V Corps at the Second Bull Run.
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.
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Confederate General Edward Porter Alexander graduated from West Point in 1857. Among the 38 cadets who graduated that year, Alexander ranked 3rd. General Alexander was in agreement with General Longstreet. His proposal was that the combined forces of generals Bragg and Johnston would defeat Union General Rosencrans which would have allowed the Confederates to then drive towards Cincinnati, Ohio. This would solve many problems. With General Lee crossing the Potomac and heading towards Pennsylvania, and another Confederate army marching towards Ohio would surely end any siege around Vicksburg. The North simply could not afford to have two powerful Union states be occupied with Southern armies.
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.
Union General Fritz John Porter graduated from West Point in 1845. He ranked eighth in a graduating class of forty one cadets. Porter saw action in the Peninsula campaign and the Second Battle of Bull Run.
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.
Confederate General John Porter McCown graduated from West Point in 1840. He was ranked tenth among the 42 cadets graduating that year. McCown was severely criticized for his performance at the Battle of Island 10.
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
Union General Silas Casey graduated from West Point in 1826. Among the 41 cadets that graduated that year, Casey was ranked 39th. As an aside, he graduated in the same class as Confederate General Albert Sidney Johnston. Casey saw much action during the Peninsula campaign. He was also on the board that of inquiry where Union General Porter was convicted of cowardice at the Second Battle of Bull Run.
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.
From a Night Porter's Point of View was created in 1977.
General Ulysses S. Grant
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