Deborah Sampson
Deborah Sampson Gannett, better known as Deborah Sampson, was a Massachusetts woman who disguised herself as a man in order to serve in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War. She is one of a small number of women with a documented record of military combat experience in that war. She served 17 months in the army under the name "Robert Shirtliff" of Uxbridge, Massachusetts, was wounded in 1782, and was honorably discharged at West Point, New York in 1783.
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Female
Date of Birth
December 17th, 1760
Age
265
Birth Place
United States of America, Massachusetts
Date of Death
April 29th, 1827
Died Aged
66
Star Sign
Sagittarius
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