Confederate General Richard S. Ewell graduated with West Point's Class of 1840 and was #13 of 42. Nickname was Old Bald Head or Baldy.
Other famous Civil War graduates of that class:
Union: William T. Sherman and George H. Thomas
Confederate: Bushrod Johnson and Paul O. Hebert
Others who fought:
Union
Stewart Van Vliet
George W. Getty
William Hays
James N. Caldwell
Pinckney Lugenebell
Oliver L. Shepherd
Stephen D. Carpenter
Confederate:
William Gilham
John P. McCown
James G. Martin
Reuben P. Campbell
William Steele
Robert P. Maclay
Thomas Jordan
--Old Secesh
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