Stephen Rochefontaine was a French-American military engineer who served as the Commandant of the Corps of Artillerists and Engineers from 1795 to 1798. He came to America in 1778, joined General Washington's army, and was later appointed captain in the Corps of Engineers. He was given the brevet rank of major for his services at the siege of Yorktown. After serving in the French Army, he returned to the US in 1792 and was appointed a civilian engineer by President Washington. In 1795, he was made the lieutenant colonel and commandant of the new Corps of Artillerists and Engineers, and started a military school at West Point. He left the army in 1798 and died in New York City in 1814, where he is buried in St. Paul's Chapel churchyard.
