She dressed a man and enlisted using the name Robert Shurtleff?

Answer 1

Deborah Sampson was born on December 17th, 1760 in Plympton, Massachusetts. She stood about 5 foot eight inches tall, was heavy boned and very strong. She decided she had to contribute to the war effort, but not in the normal manner available to women of her day. She sewed a man's suit of clothes, left her farm and walked thirty miles to Middleborough, Massachusetts, where she enlisted in Captain George Webb's Light Infantry Company, Fourth Regiment, Massachusetts Continental Line under the assumed name of Robert Shurtleff, a name she made up.

She fought alongside men and was quite capable in battle. Robert/Deborah was injured several times, each time refusing medical WhoDressed_as_man_using_name_robert_shurtlefffor fear of being discovered. One injury was so severe that she was treated against her will, and the physician discovered she was a woman. General George Washington ordered Robert Shurtleff/Deborah Sampson to be honorably discharged on October 25th, 1783, and letters of testimony to her gallantry in combat were presented for her.

On April 7th, 1785, Deborah married Benjamin Gannett, a farmer of Sharon, Massachusetts, and had three children. At the urging of Paul Revere, Deborah went on tour in 1802, capitalizing on her wartime fame. She died April 29, 1827 at the age of 68

Answer 2

Deborah Sampson was born on December 17th, 1760 in Plympton, Massachusetts. She stood about 5 foot eight inches tall, was heavy boned and very strong. She decided she had to contribute to the war effort, but not in the normal manner available to women of her day. She sewed a man's suit of clothes, left her farm and walked thirty miles to Middleborough, Massachusetts, where she enlisted in Captain George Webb's Light Infantry Company, Fourth Regiment, Massachusetts Continental Line under the assumed name of Robert Shurtleff, a name she made up.

She fought alongside men and was quite capable in battle. Robert/Deborah was injured several times, each time refusing medical treatment for fear of being discovered. One injury was so severe that she was treated against her will, and the physician discovered she was a woman. General George Washington ordered Robert Shurtleff/Deborah Sampson to be honorably discharged on October 25th, 1783, and letters of testimony to her gallantry in combat were presented for her.

On April 7th, 1785, Deborah married Benjamin Gannett, a farmer of Sharon, Massachusetts, and had three children. At the urging of Paul Revere, Deborah went on tour in 1802, capitalizing on her wartime fame. She died April 29, 1827 at the age of 68.

Answer 3

I am related to her dad, through my grandmother, a Sampson. Family legend tells a different story of her first attempt at enlistment. It seems she was still doing some farm work, and after a particularly strenuous day, the fellows she worked with proposed letting off steam at the tavern in town.

(No mention is made of walking there, but we can't go saying that Heroes might have stolen a wagon, can we?)

So she said, " It's fine for you to go taverning, but I'm a girl, if you haven't noticed." They said, "Well, put yer hair under yer cap an come wit us!"

After their party arrived, so did the recruiter. "We've got ter git rid a these Brits," he said. "Um, yeah, whatever," she said.

He persisted, and made arguments she couldn't disagree with. Besides, farm work was a pain in Unowhere. So she signed.

I don't know at what point she made trousers. It kind of resonated with things Grandma Bathsheba said (about Jean d'Arc).

What kind if person names their kid Bathsheba? I mean, if you've gone and married a Hittite, even an Upright one, aren't you a bit odd?

Enjoying being A Bit Odd, Miz B.

Answer 4

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Answer 5

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