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List of Graduates of the United States Military Academy Class of 1829

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The List of Graduates of the United States Military Academy Class of 1829 summarizes the military and civil careers of those who graduated from the Class of 1829 of the United States Military Academy at West Point.

The class standing or class rank at graduation determined which branch of the army a graduate could be appointed into; top standing was required for the engineers, while the other branches were reserved for those with a lower standing on the graduation list.[1] Since 1821, when the Congress ordered a reduction in the size of the army and forced resignation of officers, and until the Civil War, the new West Point graduate normally had to serve a period of time as a supernumerary brevet second lieutenant until a vacancy occurred in a regiment and he could be commissioned second lieutenant.[2]

The antebellum promotion system for officers of the United States Army was based on seniority, the length of time of service. Promotions took place within the regiment as billets were available through resignation or death. As no system of retirement or pension existed, officers tended to stay in the service as long as possible thereby making promotion very slow. Promotion by brevet entitled the officer to use the rank title and wear the rank insignia of a higher rank, but would not let him draw the higher pay. Brevet promotions were usually given as rewards for gallantry, and many officers were so rewarded during the Mexican War.[3]

Class
Rank [4] 		Name
[4] 		Born in
[4] 		Appointed to West Point from
[4] 		Branch of Service
[4] 		Promotions
[4] 		Remarks
[4] 		Highest Rank
[4][5] 		Civil History
[4][5] 		Died
[4][5]
First Lieutenant Captain Rank
1861
1
 Charles Mason N.Y. N.Y. Engineers n/a n/a n/a Resigned 1831 Brevet Second Lieutenant, USA Lawyer, judge, railroad executive, gubernatorial candidate (Iowa) 1882 [6]
2
 Robert E. Lee Va. Va. Engineers 1836 1838 Colonel Cavalry, Brevet Colonel Engineers Joined the rebellion against the United States [lower-alpha 1] Colonel, Brevet Colonel USA President of Washington College 1870
3
 William H. Harford Ga. Ga. Infantry n/a n/a n/a Resigned 1833 Second Lieutenant, USA Chief Engineer, New Orleans 1836
4
 J. Allen Smith Izard Pa. Pa. Artillery 1836 n/a n/a Resigned 1837 First Lieutenant, USA Planter S.C. 1879 [8]
5
 James Barnes Mass. Mass. Artillery 1836 n/a n/a Resigned 1836 Brigadier General, Brevet Major General, USV Chief Engineer, railroad constructor 1869
6
 Catharinus P. Buckingham Ohio Ohio Artillery n/a n/a n/a Resigned 1831 Brigadier General, USV Ironmaster, steelwork president 1888 [9]
7
 Joseph Brice Smith D.C. D.C. Artillery n/a n/a n/a Resigned 1832 Captain, Brevet Major, USV Lawyer 1901 [10]
8
 John Mackay Ga. Ga Artillery 1834 1838
Topographical Engineers [11]		 n/a - Captain n/a 1848
9
 Charles W. Hackley N.Y. N.Y. Artillery n/a n/a n/a Resigned 1833 Second Lieutnant, USA Professor of Astronomy 1861
10
 Miner Knowlton Conn. Conn. Artillery 1835 1846 Captain Retired 1861 Captain, USA n/a 1870
11
 John C. Casey England N.J. Artillery 1835 1838 n/a - Captain, Commissary of Subsistence n/a 1856
12
 William R. McKee Ky. Ky. Artillery 1836 n/a n/a Resigned 1836 Colonel, USV Chief engineer, lawyer KIA 1847
13
 Joseph E. Johnston Va. Va. Artillery 1838 1846 Quartermaster General Joined the rebellion against the United States [lower-alpha 2] Brigadier General, USA Insurance executive, congressman 1891 [12]
14
 John F. Kennedy Md. Md. Artillery 1835 n/a n/a - First Lieutenant, USA n/a 1837
15
 O. McKnight Mitchel Ky. Ohio Artillery n/a n/a n/a Resigned 1832 Major General, USV Astronomer 1862
16
 Gustavus Brown Va. Ky. Artillery n/a n/a n/a - Second Lieutenant, USA n/a 1832
17
 Sidney Burbank Mass. Mass. Infantry 1836 1839 Lieutenant Colonel Retired 1870 Colonel, Brevet Brigadier General, USA n/a 1882 [13]
18
 William Hoffman N.Y. N.Y. Infantry 1836 1838 Lieutenant Colonel Retired 1870 Colonel, Brevet Major General, USA n/a 1884
19
 Charles Petigru S.C. S.C. Artillery n/a n/a n/a - Second Lieutenant, USA n/a 1835
20
 Franklin E. Hunt N.J. N.J. Artillery 1836 1846 Major, Paymaster - Lieutenant Colonel Paymaster, Brevet Lieutenant Colonel, USA n/a 1881 [14]
21
 Lancaster P. Lupton N.Y. N.Y. Dragoons 1833 n/a n/a Resigned 1836 First Lieutenant, USA Fur trader 1853
22
 Seth Eastman Me. Me. Infantry 1836 1839 Lieutenant Colonel Retired 1863 Lieutenant Colonel, Brevet Brigadier General, USA n/a 1875
23
 Thomas Swords N.Y. N.Y. Infantry 1833 Dragoons 1837 Dragoons Colonel, Assistant Quartermaster General Retired 1869 Colonel, Brevet Major General, USA n/a 1886 [15]
24
 Albemarle Cady N.H. N.H. Infantry 1836 1838 Lieutenant Colonel Retired 1864 Colonel, Brevet Brigadier General, USA n/a 1888 [16]
25
 Thomas A. Davies N.Y. N.Y. Infantry n/a n/a n/a Resigned 1831 Colonel, Brevet Brigadier General, USV Merchant 1899 [17]
26
 Albert G. Blanchard Mass. Mass. Infantry 1836 n/a n/a Resigned 1840; reappointed 1847-48
Joined the rebellion against the United States [lower-alpha 3]		 Major, USA Surveyor, teacher, railroad official 1891 [18]
27
 Chileabs S. Howe Mass. N.Y. Infantry 1836 n/a n/a Resigned 1838 First Lieutenant, USA Planter 1875 [19]
28
 Caleb C. Sibley Mass. Mass. Infantry 1836 1840 Lieutenant Colonel Retired 1869 Colonel, Brevet Brigadier General, USA n/a 1875
29
 James H. Wright Ga. S.C. Infantry n/a n/a n/a n/a Second Lieutenant, USA n/a 1830
30
 George A. Sterling Conn. Conn. Infantry n/a n/a n/a Resigned 1831 Second Lieutenant, USA Farmer 1869
31
 Joseph H. Pawling Pa. Pa. Infantry n/a n/a n/a Resigned 1830 Brevet Second Lieutenant, USA Lawyer, clerk in the War Department 1847
32
 Antes Snyder Pa. Pa. Infantry n/a n/a n/a Resigned 1830 Brevet Second Lieutenant, USA Railroad engineer 1861
33
 William H. Warfield Md. Md. Infantry n/a n/a n/a Resigned 1832 Brevet Second Lieutenant, USA Farmer 1857
34
 James Clark Pa. Pa. Infantry n/a n/a n/a Resigned 1830 Brevet Second Lieutenant, USA President, College of the Holy Cross[20] 1885 [21]
35
 James Allen Ohio Ind. Infantry 1835 Dragoons 1837 Dragoons n/a n/a Captain USA, Lieutenant Colonel USV n/a 1846
36
 Jonathan Freeman N.J. N.J. Infantry n/a n/a n/a n/a Second Lieutenant, USA Civil engineer, lawyer 1854
37
 John P. Davis Me. Me. Infantry 1834 1838 n/a Dismissed 1847, under Sect. 3, Law of Jan. 31, 1823. [lower-alpha 4] Captain, USA n/a 1846
38
 George R. J. Bowdoin Mass. Mass. Infantry n/a n/a n/a Resigned 1832 Brevet Second Lieutenant, USA, Lieutenant Colonel, USV Lawyer 1870
39
 Edwin R. Long Infantry N.C. N.C. 1836 n/a n/a n/a First Lieutenant, USA n/a 1846
40
 Benjamin W. Brice Va. Ohio Infantry 1836 n/a Major Paymaster Resigned 1832
Reappointed 1847-49
Reappointed 1852
Retired 1872		 Brigadier General Paymaster-General, Brevet Major General, USA Lawyer, judge 1892 [23]
41
 Robert W. Burnet Ohio Ohio Infantry n/a n/a n/a n/a First Lieutenant, USA n/a 1898 [24]
42
 James S. Moore Ga. Ga. Infantry n/a n/a n/a Resigned 1829 Brevet Second Lieutenant, USA Physician, planter 1869
43
 Charles O. May Vt. Vt. Infantry n/a n/a n/a - Brevet Second Lieutenant, USA Physician, planter 1830
44
 Theophilus H. Holmes N.C. N.C. Infantry 1835 1838 Major Joined the rebellion against the United States [lower-alpha 5] Major, Brevet Major USA Farmer [26] 1880 [25]
46
 Richard B. Screven S.C. S.C. Infantry 1836 1838 n/a n/a Captain, Brevet Lieutenant Colonel USA n/a 1851
Notes
  1. ↑ General-in-chief, CSA.[7]
  2. ↑ General, CSA.[12]
  3. ↑ Brigadier general, CSA.[18]
  4. ↑ An Act concerning the disbursement of public money. Sec. 3: "That every officer or agent of the United States, who shall offend against the provisions of the preceding sections, shall, by the officer charged with the direction of the department to which such offending officer is responsible, be promptly reported to the President of the United States, and dismissed from the public service."[22]
  5. ↑ Lieutenant general, CSA.[25]
References
  1. ↑ Wei-siang Hsieh (2021). "Antebellum Military Education of Civil War Leaders." Essential Civil War Curriculum. Virginia Center for Civil War Studies, p. 2.
  2. ↑ Coffman, Edward M. (1986). The Old Army. Oxford University Press, p. 45.
  3. ↑ Newell, Clayton R. (1814 ). The Regular Army before the Civil War, 1845-1860. Center of Military History. United States Army, pp. 48-49.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7 4.8 4.9 Cullum, George W. (1868). Biographical Register of the Officers and Graduates of the Military Academy at West Point, N.Y., New York: D. Van Nostrand, vol. 1, pp. 337-360.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Cullum, George W. (1879). Biographical Register of the Officers and Graduates of the Military Academy at West Point, N.Y., New York: James Miller, vol. 3, pp. 74-80.
  6. ↑ Heitman, Francis B. (1903). Historical Register and Dictionary of the United States Army. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, vol. 1, p. 694.
  7. ↑ Heitman 1903, op.cit., vol. 1, p. 625.
  8. ↑ Heitman 1903, op.cit., vol. 1, p. 566.
  9. ↑ Heitman 1903, op.cit., vol. 1, p. 258.
  10. ↑ Heitman 1903, op.cit., vol. 1, p. 900.
  11. ↑ Heitman 1903, op.cit., vol. 1, p. 670.
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 Heitman 1903, op.cit., vol. 1, p. 578.
  13. ↑ Heitman 1903, op.cit., vol. 1, p. 262.
  14. ↑ Heitman 1903, op.cit., vol. 1, p. 556.
  15. ↑ Heitman 1903, op.cit., vol. 1, p. 941.
  16. ↑ Heitman 1903, op.cit., vol. 1, p. 273.
  17. ↑ Heitman 1903, op.cit., vol. 1, p. 356.
  18. ↑ 18.0 18.1 Heitman 1903, op.cit., vol. 1, p. 224.
  19. ↑ Heitman 1903, op.cit., vol. 1, p. 547.
  20. ↑ Devitt, Edward I. (February 1935). "History of the Maryland-New York Province XIII: Holy Trinity Church" (PDF). Woodstock Letters. 64 (1): 24–57. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 15, 2021. Retrieved February 22, 2022 – via Jesuit Archives. Unknown parameter |url-status= ignored (help)
  21. ↑ Heitman 1903, op.cit., vol. 1, p. 304.
  22. ↑ Acts of the Seventeenth Congress of the United States. Washington, DC, p. 723.
  23. ↑ Heitman 1903, op.cit., vol. 1, p. 244.
  24. ↑ Heitman 1903, op.cit., vol. 1, p. 268.
  25. ↑ 25.0 25.1 Heitman 1903, op.cit., vol. 1, p. 539.
  26. ↑ Sifakis, Stewart (1988). Who was Who in the Confederacy. New York, p. 133.


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