Register of Officers and Graduates of the USMA Class of 1806-- Part 3

16.  CHARLES GRATIOT--  Chief Engineer of Army.  Probably wrongfully dismissed from the Army by President Van Buren.

17.  ELEAZOR WOOD--  "By all accounts, an outstandingly brave man and competent soldier, killed in the War of 1812.

18.    WILLIAM PARTRIDGE--  six years after graduation, he died in a British prisoner of war camp after the fall of Detroit.  "When his commanding general announced his determination to surrender, Partridge broke his sword across his knee and threw the pieces at that officer's feet.

--Brock-Perry