| 1802/03/16 |
Thomas Jefferson |
US President |
Thomas Jefferson signs the Military Peace Establishment Act, directing a corps of engineers to be established at West Point in the state of New York, and shall constitute a Military Academy. The academy's sole function is to train engineers. |
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Opening of the United States Military Academy at West Point |
| 1802/07/04 |
Lt Col Jonathan Williams |
Superintendent |
The United States Military Academy at West Point formally opens for instruction. |
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Opening of the United States Military Academy at West Point |
| 1823/07/01 |
John W Farley |
Education |
John Farley graduates from the US Military Academy at West Point, he enrolled 24 June 1819 |
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| 1824/09/15 |
Marquis de Lafayette |
Guest of Honor |
Lafayette and Alexander Hamilton's widow, Elizabeth, review the cadets at West Point. |
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Lafayette's Triumphal Tour of America |
| 1824/09/15 |
Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton |
Dignitary |
Lafayette and Alexander Hamilton's widow, Elizabeth, review the cadets at West Point. |
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Lafayette's Triumphal Tour of America |
| 1829/00/00 |
Lloyd Bryce |
Education |
Lloyd Bryce graduates third in his class from West Point |
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United States Military Academy Class of 1829 |
| 1829/00/00 |
Henry du Pont |
Education |
Henry du Pont graduates from the American Classical and Military Academy in Germantown, Pennsylvania and enrolls at the United States Military Academy in West Point, New York. |
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| 1829/00/00 |
Robert E Lee |
Education |
Robert E Lee graduates second in his class from West Point, US Military Academy |
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United States Military Academy Class of 1829 |
| 1830/07/00 |
Edgar Allan Poe |
Education |
Edgar Allan Poe enters the US Military Academy at West Point, New York. |
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| 1839/07/01 |
Erastus B Strong |
Education |
Erastus Burton Strong of Arkansas enters the United States Military Academy at West point. |
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| 1839/09/14 |
Ulysses S Grant |
Education |
Hiram Ulysses Grant enlist as Cadet U S Grant, Representative Thomas L Hamer having goofed up Grant's name, at the United States Military Academy in West Point, New York. |
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| 1840/00/00 |
Rev George Deshon |
Life |
US Grant's roommate, Cadet Deshon hunts down a turkey at the US Military Academy at West Point. |
How Grier Became a Colonel (article) |
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| 1840/00/00 |
Gen William N Grier |
USMA Instructor |
During inspection, Lt Grier walks around Deshon and Grant's room with his gaze on the ceiling and announces, "Gentlemen, it seems to me I can smell something cooking." Grier is careful not to see the evidence and does not report the Cadets. |
How Grier Became a Colonel (article) |
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| 1840/00/00 |
Ulysses S Grant |
Life |
Cadet Deshon and Cadet Grant begin roasting a turkey in their chamber at the US Military Academy at West Point. |
How Grier Became a Colonel (article) |
Turkey |
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| 1843/06/30 |
Ulysses S Grant |
Education |
Ulysses S Grant graduates, 21st out of 39 in his class, from United States Military Academy in West Point, New York. At USMA, Grant grew 5 inches taller. |
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| 1844/07/01 |
Erastus B Strong |
Education |
Erastus B Strong graduates 14th in a class of 25 from the United States Military Academy at West Point. |
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| 1848/00/00 |
William Petit Trowbridge |
Education |
William Petit Trowbridge graduates at the top of his class from the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York. |
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| 1849/00/00 |
Charles William Field |
Education |
President James K Polk appointed Charles W Field as an "at large" cadet to the United States Military Academy. |
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| 1854/00/00 |
Oliver Otis Howard |
Graduate |
Immediately after graduating from Bowdoin, Oliver Otis Howard enters the US Military Academy at West Point where he will graduate fourth in his class in 1854. |
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| 1857/00/00 |
Maj Richard Kidder Meade Jr |
Education |
Richard Kidder Meade graduates from the United States Military Academy at West Point. As an engineer officer in the United States Army, he is assigned to Charleston, South Carolina. |
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| 1861/00/00 |
Henry A du Pont |
Education |
Henry Algernon DuPont graduates from the United States Military Academy, West Point, in 1861 and serves as a Captain in the 5th Artillery, Union Army. |
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| 1861/06/00 |
George Armstrong Custer |
Education |
After 34 members of West Point's class of 1862 petitioned the school's administration to graduate a year early, the school escalated and compress their last year to less than two months. George Custer graduates last in this class of 1862. |
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| 1861/06/00 |
Hugh J Kilpatrick |
Education |
Hugh Judson Kilpatrick graduates from the United States Military Academy and is commissioned a second lieutenant in the 1st US Artillery. Within three days he makes captain in the 5th New York Infantry, "Duryee's Zouaves". |
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| 1879/00/00 |
Lawrence Davis Tyson |
Education |
Lawrence Tyson takes a competitive exam for an appointment at West Point Military Academy, earning the highest grade and an appointment. |
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| 1909/06/11 |
George S Patton |
Education |
George Patton graduates from West Point |
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