West Point Academy Civil War

Leaders on both sides.

West point academy civil war. Henry and donelson campaign. Union advance and capture of fort donelson 1862. Military academy at west point in 1843 didn t go there because he dreamed of being a soldier. The links below lead to a page for each west point class year which graduated a future civil war officer.

Situation prior to the opening january 1862. The american civil war description of symbols principal campaigns of the war rail roads of the confederacy. The first class is in 1802 and the last class in 1864. Military academy west point n y.

Joe gromelski stars and stripes. The united states military academy usma also known as west point army army west point the academy or simply the point is a four year federal service academy in west point new york it was originally established as a fort that sits on strategic high ground overlooking the hudson river with a scenic view 50 miles 80 km north of new york city. West point and the civil war the cadet chapel at the u s. Corps of engineers with a class of 5 officers and 10 cadets on march 16 1802.

The impact of a military education like that offered at west point on the overall conduct of the american civil war has long been debated by scholars. There s no denying that having a military education like that at west point was a true asset to officers on both sides of the american civil war when it came to equipping training disciplining. Each class year page lists the cadets who served in the civil war from that class in alphabetical order. United states military academy byname west point academy institution of higher education for the training of commissioned officers for the united states army.

In 1857 west point began the current process of admitting candidates nominated by the members of the united states congress one for each congressional district. The long march 1934 1935. Grant who graduated from the u s. The 1850s saw a modernization of many sorts at west point and this era was often romanticized by the graduates who led both sides of the civil war as the end of the old west point era.

It was originally founded as a school for the u s. The future civil war general and two term u s. Nationalist china 1929 1937. First bull run campaign.

The united states military academy usma is an undergraduate college in west point new york that educates and commissions officers for the united states army confederate president jefferson davis himself a former officer and west point graduate class of 1828 preferred west point trained officers for the confederate states army csa. Situation 18 and 24 july 1861 battle of the first bull run situation 1400 21 july 1861.