
Deborah Sampson Gannette
First woman to get a military pension. Disguised herself as “Robert Shirtliff” and fought in the Revolutionary War with an elite fighting unit. Took a musket ball out of her own leg with a knife to avoid being discovered.
First woman to get a military pension. Disguised herself as “Robert Shirtliff” and fought in the Revolutionary War with an elite fighting unit. Took a musket ball out of her own leg with a knife to avoid being discovered.