The Class of 1861: Custer, Ames, and their classmates after West Point, Volume 1861

526 Pages·1999·2.47 MB·English

by  Ralph Kirshner

The Class of 1861 : Custer, Ames, and Their
title:
Classmates After West Point
author: Kirshner, Ralph.
publisher: Southern Illinois University Press
isbn10 | asin: 0809320665
print isbn13: 9780809320660
ebook isbn13: 9780585349718
language: English
United States Military Academy.--Class of
1861--History, United States Military
Academy.--Class of 1861--Biography,
subject United States.--Army--Officers--Biography,
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-
1865, Custer, George Armstrong,--1839-
1876, Ames, Adelbe
publication date: 1999
lcc: U410.N1 1861eb
ddc: 355/.0092/273
United States Military Academy.--Class of
1861--History, United States Military
Academy.--Class of 1861--Biography,
subject: United States.--Army--Officers--Biography,
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-
1865, Custer, George Armstrong,--1839-
1876, Ames, Adelbe
Page iii
The Class of 1861
Custer, Ames, and Their Classmates after West Point
Ralph Kirshner
With a Foreword by George A. Plimpton
Page iv
Copyright © 1999 by the Board of Trustees,
Southern Illinois University
All rights reserved
Printed in the United States of America
02 01 00 99 4 3 2 1
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Kirshner, Ralph, 1946
The Class of 1861 : Custer, Ames, and their classmates
after West Point / Ralph Kirshner ; foreword by
George A. Plimpton.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. ) and index.
1. United States Military Academy. Class of 1861
History. 2. United States Military Academy. Class of
1861Biography. 3. United States. ArmyOfficers
Biography. 4. United StatesHistoryCivil War,
18611865. 5. Custer, George Armstrong, 18391876. 6.
Ames, Adelbert, 18351933. I. Title.
U410.N1 1861
355'.0092'273dc21 98-51309
[b] CIP
ISBN 0-8093-2066-5 (cloth : alk. paper)
The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements
of American National Standard for Information SciencesPermanence
of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z39.48-1984.
Page v
To Blanche Ames
daughter of General Adelbert Ames, class of May 1861,
for setting an example for anyone upset at an author.
When President John F. Kennedy would not make corrections
about her father, General Ames, in his Profiles in Courage
she wrote her own book.
Page vii
CONTENTS
List of Illustrations ix
Foreword xi
George A. Plimpton
Preface xv
Acknowledgments xvii
Part One: War Years
1. Introduction: Buglers' Assembly 3
2. Flames of Rebellion 13
3. Courage and Ambition 25
4. The Vicksburg Campaign 37
5. Gettysburg 47
6. The Boy Generals 59
7. Custer, Rosser, and du Pont 66
8. Ending the War 87
Part Two: Postwar Lives
9. Adelbert Ames: Reconstruction Governor 97
10. George Armstrong Custer: Little Bighorn 111
11. Thomas Lafayette Rosser: Custer's Rebel Friend 120
12. John Whitney Barlow: Explorer of Yellowstone 124
13. Henry Algernon du Pont: Businessman, Senator, 127
Author
14. Judson Kilpatrick: Playwright and Diplomat 130
Page viii
15. Orville E. Babcock: The Rise and Fall of Grant's 132
Secretary
16. Pierce M. B. Young: Confederate General and U.S. 136
Diplomat
17. John J. Garnett: Sketches of Grant and Lee 138
18. Peter C. Hains: Bull Run to World War I 141
19. Emory Upton: "The Class Genius" 144
Appendix A. Roll Call 153
Appendix B. Associations and Museums Honoring 173
Members of the Class of 1861 and Their Families
Notes 175
Bibliography 205
Index 217
Page ix
ILLUSTRATIONS
Members of the May 1861 Class in Order of Class Standing
Following page 12
1. Henry Algernon du Pont 21. Henry Cornelius Hasbrouck
2. Charles E. Cross 22. William Anthony Elderkin
3. Orville Elias Babcock 23. Francis Asbury Davies
4. Henry Walter Kingsbury 24. Charles Carroll Campbell
5. Adelbert Ames 25. Malbone Francis Watson
6. Llewellyn Griffith Hoxton 26. John Benson Williams
7. Adelbert Rinaldo 27. Guy Vernon Henry
Buffington
8. Emory Upton 28. Jacob Henry Smyser
9. Nathaniel Rives 29. Jacob Beekman Rawles
Chambliss
10. Edmund Kirby 30. Erskine Gittings
11. John Isaac Rodgers 31. Jacob Ford Kent
12. Samuel Nicoll Benjamin 32. Eugene Beauharnais
Beaumont
13. John Adair 33. Leonard Martin
14. John Whitney Barlow 34. John Scroggs Poland
15. Charles Edward Hazlett 35. Robert Langdon Eastman
16. Charles E. Patterson 36. Henry Beach Noble
17. Hugh Judson Kilpatrick 37. Leroy Lansing Janes
18. Franklin Harwood 38. Campbell Dallas Emory
19. George Warren Dresser 39. James E. McQuesten
20. Charles McKnight 40. George Oscar Sokalski
Leoser