William G. Peck: For most of his eleven years in the Army, taught mathematics at the Military Academy; continued in civilian life with a long career as a mathematics professor.

Joseph H. Whittlesey: Cavalry­man, fought in the Mexican War, Indians on the western frontier, and for the Union in the War between the States.

Samuel Gill: Fought in the Mexican War, but resigned within three years; railroad engineer and executive.

Daniel M. Frost: Nearly nine years in the Army, fighting in the Mexican War and against Indians; a civilian businessman, he fought for the Confederacy in the War between the States.

Asher R. Eddy: Thirty-five years in the Army, most of it in Quartermaster service.

Francis J. Thomas: In his eight years in the Army, he fought in the Mexican War, and his civilian career was mostly in railroads and mining; he was killed in the First Battle of Bull Run fighting for the Confederacy.

Alfred Pleasonton: Cavalry­man; fought in the Mexican War and against Indians on the frontier; and for the Union in the War between the States, although his contribution to the war effort has been variously assessed. [+ AOG]

Thomas J. Curd: Three years in the Artillery; died three years later, in a Catholic novitiate.

Augustus Cook: Died at sea a year after graduating.

John Y. Bicknell: Cavalry­man, fought in the Mexican War; died five years after graduating.

Simon B. Buckner: Infantry­man, fought in the Mexican War and taught at the Military Academy; fought for the Confederacy in the War between the States, and was governor of Kentucky.

John Trevitt: Infantry­man, served in the Mexican War and fought Indians on the western frontier; resigned as the War between the States was breaking out, and spent the last thirty years of his life farming.

Rankin Dilworth: Infantry­man, killed in the Mexican War two years after graduating.

Erastus B. Strong: Infantry­man, killed in the Mexican War three years after graduating.

William T. Burwell: Infantry­man, killed in the Mexican War three years after graduating.

William Read: Served in the Mexican War and on the western frontier, but resigned six years after graduating; a patent examiner until the War between the States, then a Maryland farmer.

James S. Woods: Infantry­man, killed in the Mexican War two years after graduating.

Winfield S. Hancock: Infantry­man, fought in the Mexican War and against Indians on the western frontier; in the War between the States, one of the Union's best generals.

James M. Lake Henry: Fought in the Mexican War and served on the western frontier, but resigned eight years after graduating; a patent examiner until the War between the States, then a Maryland farmer.

Alexander Hays: Infantry­man, fought in the Mexican War, and resigned within four years of graduating; an engineer and railroad man, but joined the Union Army at the outbreak of the War between the States, in which he was killed.

George Wainwright: Infantry­man, fought in the Mexican War, in which he was twice severely wounded; died on returning to the States, four years after graduating.

Henry B. Schroeder: Infantry­man, fought in the Mexican War, and served on the western frontier; at the outbreak of the War between the States, resigned and was a Maryland farmer.

Joseph P. Smith: Infantry­man, killed in the Mexican War three years after graduating.

John J. C. Bibb: Fought in the Mexican War, but resigned two years after graduating; worked for the Treasury Department and died fairly young.

George W. Hawkins: Infantry­man, fought in the Mexican War and served on the western frontier; dismissed, after eight years in the Army, for failure to render proper financial accounts.