Daily union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1865-1866, 1866-10-11

/ six; Robert S. Granger, number twenty
eight; and Andrew Saith, number thirty
1 six At the head Of the class Of 1899 was
Isaac j. Stevens, since known as Governor
and Gen. Stevens, whose early loss during
! the war ended untimely a career which
whould have been a brilliant one. Henry
w. Halleck stood, in this class, number
three; james 3. Rickets, number sixteen:
/ Edward 0. G. Ord, seventeen; Henry j,
Hunt, nineteen; and r. S. Candy, Thirty.
In the class of 1910 William I. Sherman
stood number six. Below him were George
] H. Thomas, number twelve; Richard s.
Ewell, thirteen; George w. Getty, fifteen.
Horatio G. Wright was number two in the
class Of 1871. Below him We're Amiel w.
Whipple, number FIVE; Nathaniel Lyon,
number eleven; Schuyler Hamilton, number
twenty-four; James Totten, number twenty
! FIVE; John F. Reynolds, number twenty
six; Don Carlos Buell, number thirty-two;
Alfred S1lly, number thirty-ive; and VIM.
F. Brooks, number forty-six. ~
In the class Of 1851 Henry L. Eustis, since
better known as Prof Eustis, Of Harvard
University, heads the list. Below him were
John Newton, number two; George w.
Rains, number three; w. s. Rosecrans,
number FIVE; Gustavus W. Smith, number
eight; Mansfield Lovel, number nine John
Pope, number seventeen Abner Doubleday,
number twenty-four; Richard III. Anderson,
one Of Lees lieutenants, number forty; La
fayette McLaws, number forty-eight; Earl
Van Dorm, number ffty-tWo; and james
Longstreeet, number fffy-four. It will be
seen that three noted Confederate command
ers-the last one Of the most eficient-were
at the foot Of the class. fa rs
In the class of 1913 william B. Franklin
heads the list. Below him were Isaac f.
Quinby, number six; John J. Peck, num-
Der eight Joseph j. Reynolds, number ten;
Christopher G. Augur, number sixteen
Ulysses S. Grant, number twenty-one; Fred
erick Steele, number thirty; and Rufus In
gals, number thirty-two. In the class of
1874 Alfred Pleasonton was number seven,
and below him were Simon p. Buckner,
number eleven Winfield S. Hancock, num-
Der eighteen, and Alexander Hays, number
twenty. In the class of 1915, Vim. +. Smith
{ Badly" Smith was number four. Be
low him were Thomas ]. Wood, number
five Charles p. Stone, number seven Hen
~ Coppee, number eleven; John p. Hatch,
number seventeen; Gordon Granger, NUM-
Der thirty-fye; Henry B. Clitz, number
thirty-six, and David A. Russell, number
thirty-eight. In the class Of 1876, George
B. Mcclellan wasnumber two. Below him
were John G. Foster, number four; jesse L.
Reno, number eight Darius N. Couch,
number thirteen; Thomas ]. jackson
{ 'Stonewall ., number thirty-two; Dab
ney H. Maury, number thirty-seyen Geo.
H. Gordon, number forty-three, and George
L. Pickett number fifty-nine.
In the class OF 1847 Orlando B. Wilcox
was number eight. Below him we're James
B. Fry, number fourteen; Ambrose p. Hill,
Jr., number fifteen; Ambrose Z. Burnside,
number eighteen; Richard II. Long, num-
Der nineteen; Romeyn b. Byres, number
twenty-five; Charles Griffin number twenty
three, and Henry M. Black, twenty-four.
In the class of l849, Quincy A. Gilmore was
first. Below him were John g. Parke,
number two, and Rufus Saxton, Jr, eigh-
teen. la 9s slaa 4at.
We have not now the space for giving
such reflections as a study of the above list
is calculated to inspire. We give them as
interesting statistics in the history of the
army and of West Point. We will merely
say that the "6rst menH of the various
classes have generally maintained their POI
sitions for scientific and engineering ability,
while some of the most famous and success
lul Ol the OeneTdIS vi Zach sluc VI tue ldtS
contest came from among the pretty we'll
down on the class lists. The fact that youth
ful impridencies at West Point go far to
offset the finest scholarship and soldierly
accomplishment explains this fact to great
degree. We have not pretended to mention
all the names of the graduates within the
dates above specified who have been especi-
ally distinguished. We have merely made
selection sufficiently thorough to answer
the purposes of this article. ac