Daniel A. A. Buck: His five years in the Army seem to have included a piece of success­ful bargaining for a higher rank; a talent that carried him thru an equally success­ful political career, including two terms as a U. S. Representative.

Samuel Babcock: An engineer specializing in coastal fortifications and river improvements.

Sylvanus Thayer: In his 16‑year tenure as Superintendent, he reshaped the new institution to such an extent that he is considered the Father of the U. S. Military Academy: its main outlines today are still due to him.

Samuel B. Rathbone: killed in the War of 1812.

Louis Vallé: Declined his appointment as an officer and returned to civilian life in Missouri, in the lead-mining business.

Heman A. Fay: Spent 25 years in the Army, quartermastering mostly, but never rose above 1st Lieutenant.

Oliver G. Burton: Nearly 13 years in the Army: service in the War of 1812, and a sutler and storekeeper at West Point; died the next year — in Cuba.

Minor Huntington: Three years on the Northwestern frontier, then resigned to become an editor in Connecticut, which according to Cullum is something like disappearing.

Milo Mason: Thirty years in artillery and as quartermaster, but only a brevet major when he died.

George P. Peters: Died after eleven years in the Army, during which he fought at Tippecanoe, in the War of 1812, and the First Seminole War.

James Gibson: killed at Ft. Erie in the War of 1812.

Samuel Newman: After two years in the Army, disappeared into civilian life.

Alpheus Roberts: Sent to the notorious hell at Terre aux Boeufs, where he died less than a year after graduating.

Luther Leonard: Fought in the War of 1812; for fifty-some years after that, he was a civilian sutler then a military storekeeper.

Samuel H. Holley: Five years in the Army with a bit of garrison duty in the War of 1812; his career was mostly in law and politics.