Tracking the Loyalties of Surviving West Point Graduates, 1802-1864
Of the 1,125 graduates of the United States Military Academy who served in the Civil War, 815 remained loyal to the Union and 310 joined the Confederate military—roughly three of
Of the 1,125 graduates of the United States Military Academy who served in the Civil War, 815 remained loyal to the Union and 310 joined the Confederate military—roughly three of