| |  | John Adams (July 1, 1825-November 30, 1864), was an officer in the United States Army. With the onset of the American Civil War, he resigned his... |  | Henry Ossian Flipper (March 21, 1856-May 3, 1940) was an American soldier and the first black American cadet to graduate from the United States... |  | Irvin McDowell (October 15, 1818 - May 10, 1885) was an American military officer, famous for his loss of the first large-scale battle of the... |  | Dennis Hart Mahan (April 2, 1802 - September 16, 1871) was a noted American military theorist and professor at the United States Military Academy... |  | Robert Joseph Ross (December 23, 1936, Richmond, Virginia) is a retired football coach. His career as a head coach included stints at The Citadel,... |  | Brigadier General Sylvanus Thayer (June 9, 1785 - September 7 1872) also known as "the Father of West Point" was an early superintendent of the... |  | Earl Henry "Red" Blaik was an American football coach. He was head football coach for the United States Military Academy between the 1941 and the... |  | John Sheldon Doud Eisenhower is a retired U.S. military officer and the author of several books of military history. He served as the U.S.... |  | Major General George Washington Custis Lee (also known as Custis Lee) (September 16, 1832 - February 18, 1913) was the eldest son of Robert E. Lee... |  | Felix Anthony "Doc" Blanchard (born December 11, 1924, raised in Bishopville, South Carolina) is best known as the Army football player who won the... | |
