West Point Cemetery is an historic cemetery on the grounds of the United States Military Academy in West Point, New York. It overlooks the Hudson River, and served as a burial ground for American Revolutionary War soldiers and early West Point inhabitants long before 1817 when it was officially designated as a military cemetery. Until that time several small burial plots scattered in mid-post served as places of interment. The graves from these plots and the remains subsequently found during building excavations were removed to the new site. An improved road to the cemetery was constructed in 1840, and the caretaker's cottage was erected in 1872. Graves at Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York A cemetery or graveyard is a place (usually an enclosed area of land) in which dead bodies are buried. ... The United States Military Academy, also known as West Point, or simply USMA, is a U.S. service academy and former Army fort. ... West Point painting West Point is a federal military base (and a census-designated place) located in the Town of Highlands in Orange County, New York. ... View of the Hudson in the 1880s showing Jersey City The Hudson River, called Muh-he-kun-ne-tuk in Mahican, is a river running mainly through New York State but partly forming the boundary between the states of New York and New Jersey. ... Combatants American Patriots, France, allies British Empire, allies Commanders George Washington Comte de Rochambeau Nathanael Greene William Howe Henry Clinton Charles Cornwallis Strength {{{strength1}}} {{{strength2}}} Casualties {{{casualties1}}} {{{casualties2}}} The American Revolutionary War (1775–1783), also known as the American War of Independence, was a war fought primarily between Great Britain... 1817 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... 1872 was a leap year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ...

Notable interments

• Brigadier General Robert Anderson, defender of Fort Sumter
• Major General Daniel Butterfield, composer of Taps
• General Lucius D. Clay, "Father of the Berlin Airlift"
• Margaret Corbin, Revolutionary War heroine
• Major General George Armstrong Custer, commander at the Battle of the Little Bighorn
• Major General George Washington Goethals, "Builder of the Panama Canal"
• Major General Frederick Dent Grant, son of President Ulysses S. Grant
• Colonel David "Mickey" Marcus, Israel's first brigadier general
• Lieutenant General Winfield Scott, longest serving American general
• Colonel Sylvanus Thayer, United States Military Academy superintendent
• Ensign Dominick Trant, oldest grave in the cemetery
• General William Westmoreland, Army Chief of Staff
• Colonel Edward Higgins White, first American to make a spacewalk

Major Robert Anderson (1805-1871) was a Union Army officer in the American Civil War. ... Brigadier General Daniel Butterfield Brigadier General Daniel Butterfield commanded the 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, V Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, during the American Civil War. ... Lucius Dubignon Clay (April 23, 1897 - April 16, 1978) was an American general. ... Margaret Corbin (November 12, 1751 - January 16, 1800) was the first woman to fight in the American Revolutionary War. ... George Armstrong Custer George Armstrong Custer (December 5, 1839–June 25, 1876) was an United States Army cavalry commander in the American Civil War and the Indian Wars. ... George Washington Goethals George Washington Goethals (29 June 1858 - 21 January 1928) was a United States Army officer and civil engineer, best known for his supervision of construction and the opening of the Panama Canal. ... Frederick Dent Grant (May 30, 1850 - April 12, 1912) was a soldier and U.S. minister to Austria. ... David Daniel Marcus (1902 - 1948), commonly known as Mickey Marcus, was a Jewish United States Army colonel who assisted Israel during the 1948 War of Independence and who became Israels first Brigadier General. ... Winfield Scott Winfield Scott (June 13, 1786 – May 29, 1866) was a United States Army lieutenant general, diplomat, and presidential candidate. ... General Sylvanus Thayer (June 9, 1785 - September 7, 1872) was an early superintendent of the United States Military Academy at West Point and an early advocate of engineering education in the United States. ... General William Westmoreland William Childs Westmoreland (March 26, 1914 – July 18, 2005) was a U.S. Army General who commanded American military operations in the Vietnam War from 1964 to 1968 and who served as US Army Chief of Staff from 1968 to 1972. ... Edward White Edward Higgins White, II (November 14, 1930 - January 27, 1967) was an American astronaut. ...

External links

• Map links: 41°23′55″N, 73°58′3″W
• United States Military Academy: West Point Cemetery
• Interment.net: West Point USMA Cemetery
• Find A Grave: United States Military Academy Post Cemetery