The centennial of the United States Military academy at West Point, New York1802-1902 . ^J^z-Jfe^. VIEW OF STONY POINT AND MEDAL GRANTED BY CONGRESS TO GENERAL WAYNE. TVrs/ Point ill the Rcvoliitio)i. 167 Washington had organized a short time previous!} a corpsof light infantr}-, consisting of four regiments, each of whichcontained about 340 officers and men, selected from about allof the organizations in and around West Point. The command of this corps was given to Wa3ne, who wasdirected by Washington to capture Stou}- Point. Preparatoryto undertaking this venture, Waj-nes command was assem-b
The centennial of the United States Military academy at West Point, New York1802-1902 . ^J^z-Jfe^. VIEW OF STONY POINT AND MEDAL GRANTED BY CONGRESS TO GENERAL WAYNE. TVrs/ Point ill the Rcvoliitio)i. 167 Washington had organized a short time previous!} a corpsof light infantr}-, consisting of four regiments, each of whichcontained about 340 officers and men, selected from about allof the organizations in and around West Point. The command of this corps was given to Wa3ne, who wasdirected by Washington to capture Stou}- Point. Preparatoryto undertaking this venture, Waj-nes command was assem-bled and encamped a few miles south of West Point, at aplace called Sand}- Beach, which was located between FortMontgomery and the present town of Highland Falls. On July 15 ^\ayne paraded his troops for a careful inspec-tion, but after the completion of which, instead of dismissingthem to their quarters, he wheeled them into column andtook up his march to Stony Point, which at midnight he suc-cessfully assaulted with the bayonet. This movement wasthe most successful and brilliant exploit of th
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