Benedict Arnold presided over the command of the defense of West Point, New York.
 He organized the militia response, along with David Wooster and Connecticut militia General Gold Selleck Silliman
=== Court martial ===Arnold's court martial on charges of profiteering began meeting on June 1, 1779, but it was delayed until December 1779 by Clinton's capture of Stony Point, New York, throwing the army into a flurry of activity to react

