Walter McFarland: Engineer, fought for the Union in the War between the States; twenty-eight years in the Army, mostly in river and harbor improvements.

John A. Tardy: Engineer, fought for the Union in the War between the States; died shortly after the war, seven years after graduating.

Horace Porter: Ordnance officer; fought for the Union in the War between the States (Medal of Honor); private secretary to General Grant during the war, then to President Grant; ambassador to France; found and repatriated the body of John Paul Jones to the United States; banking, insurance and railway executive.

Nicolas Bowen: Engineer; fought for the Union in the War between the States; after the war, worked on river and harbor improvements in the Northeast, but died young.

Theodore Edson: Died after ten years in the Ordnance that included fighting for the Union in the War between the States.

James H. Wilson: Engineer, fought for the Union in many theaters of the War between the States; resigned from the Army a few years after the war and was a railroad executive and the author of many books, also a troubleshooter or special envoy for the Federal government in varied fields; thirty years later, again served in the Army, fighting in the Spanish-American War and the Boxer Rebellion.

Benjamin Sloan: Resigned almost immediately and fought for the Confederacy in the War between the States; after the war, a college professor and president.

James M. Whittemore: Ordnance officer, fought for the Union in the War between the States; after the war, commanded various important arsenals.

Alanson M. Randol: Artilleryman, fought for the Union in the War between the States; after the war, troubleshooting in various parts of the country.

Cornelius Hook: Artilleryman, fought for the Union in the War between the States, died of yellow fever within four years of graduating.

William W. McCreery: Artilleryman from Virginia, served the Union briefly during the War between the States, then fought for the Confederacy; killed at Gettysburg.

John M. Wilson: Engineer; fought for the Union in the War between the States (Medal of Honor); worked on river and harbor improvements in the Pacific Northwest, and on government buildings and monuments in and near Washington, D. C.; Superintendent of Military Academy; Chief of Engineers.

Josiah H. Kellogg: Cavalry­man, fought for the Union in the War between the States, but was retired toward the end of the war, for disability; after the war, taught military science.

Stephen D. Ramseur: One of the youngest of all Confederate generals, killed in the War between the States.

Edward R. Hopkins: Fought for the Union in the War between the States; after the war, an engineer and educator.

Daniel D. Lynn: Infantry­man, fought for the Union in the War between the States; resigned five years after the war.

Sam A. Foster: Infantry­man; in the War between the States he fought for the Union, also fought Indians on the western frontier; after the war, he served in the commissariat but died fairly young.

Alexander C. M. Pennington: Forty years in the Artillery, fought for the Union in the War between the States, in many of the battles of the Pennsylvania and Virginia campaigns.

John M. Kerr: Served briefly in the Confederate Army during the War between the States, but died after a few months, within two years of graduating.

Albert M. Powell: Infantry­man, fought for the Union in the War between the States; died on the western frontier not long after the war, eight years after graduating.

Alfred T. Smith: Forty years in the Infantry; fought for the Union in the War between the States, served in the west, and briefly in the Spanish-American War.

Wesley Merritt: Forty years in the Army, during which he fought for the Union in the War between the States; served on the western frontier; was Superintendent of the Military Academy; and commanded the Philippine Expedition in the Spanish-American War.

James P. Martin: Fought for the Union in the War between the States; after the war, thirty years in the Adjutant-General's department, mostly in the Midwest.

John R. B. Burtwell: Fought for the Confederacy in the War between the States; after the war, a planter and civil engineer, but died fairly young.

William G. Jones: Infantry­man, killed at Chickamauga three years after graduating, fighting for the Union in the War between the States.

Martin V. B. Lewis: Served in the Union Army during the War between the States; died two years after graduating.

Salem S. Marsh: Infantry­man, killed fighting for the Union at Chancellorsville.

Wade H. Gibbes: Trained as a Cavalry officer, but resigned and fought for the Confederacy in the War between the States; he may have been the first man to fire on Fort Sumter. [+ AOG]

Charles S. Bowman: Cavalry­man, fought for the Union in the War between the States in the Tennessee Campaign; died seven years after graduating.

Samuel T. Cushing: Infantry­man, but serving in the Union Army in the War between the States was one of the first officers of what would become the Signal Corps; after the war, thirty-plus years as a commissary officer.

Frank Huger: Fought for the Confederacy in the War between the States; after the war, a railroad executive for a few years at least, although the Register soon loses track of him.

Robert H. Hall: Forty years in the Army, during which he fought for the Union in the War between the States, then served as an infantry commander, inspector-general and adjutant-general, mostly on the western frontier; fought in the Spanish-American War in the Philippines.

John Newman Andrews: Fought for the Union in the War between the States; afterwards, thirty years of various mostly western garrisons.

Edward B. D. Riley: Fought for the Confederacy in the War between the States; after the war, a railroad freight agent.

William H. Jordan: Infantry­man, fought for the Union in the War between the States; then served mostly in the Midwest and in California.

John J. Sweet: Cavalry­man, killed in the War between the States, fighting for the Union two years after graduating.

Lyman Mishler: Killed two years after graduating, fighting for the Union in New Mexico.

George S. Hollister: Fought for the Union in the War between the States; left the Army nine years after graduating, after which the Register has no information.

George W. Vanderbilt: Served in the Union Army during the War between the States; died in France during the war, three years after graduating.

James M. Warner: Infantry­man, fought for the Union in the War between the States, resigning at the end of the war; paper manufacturer, insurance executive, and Postmaster of Albany, NY.

Harold Borland: Infantry­man, fought for the Confederacy in the War between the States; after the war, a Federal tax collector.