Revolutionary Womens

Deborah samson, Was an illiterate(unable to read or write) massachusetts setts farm worker who loved adventure. In 1782 after the last battle of the war but while there was still some fighting she enlisted in the continental army as robert shurtliff. She served for one and a half years. According to one account afer samson was hit by a musket ball she cut the ball out of her leg to avoid being examined by a doctor. Later a doctor treating samson for a fever discovered her secrets. She was given an honorable discharge in October 1783. Some patrios womens set fire to their own property to keep loyalist from using it. Catherine schuyler set fire to her family's wheat fields in upstate New York so the british troops could not use the crop. In revenge, the british burned Schyler's house to the ground.

A few camp, Followers served on the battlefield they hauled cold water for cooling down the canons. Two legendary water carriers were Margaret Corbin took over her husbands cannon when he was killed in battle and fired it until her arm was nearly torn off by grapeshot. Hays also took over from her husband when he collapsed from heat. One soldiers memoir recalls that she kept firing the cannon ball blew off the lower part of her petticoat. Patience Lovell wrigth was an artist who made wax figures of famous people. In 1772 she moved to England. There, she met many important people. When the revolution started, Lovell began to spy for the patriot, passing along information to the colonies by hiding messages inside wax figures that she shipped over for display.

Ann bailey did not, Fare as well as deborah samson. She enlisted in 1777 as samuel gay. Within three weeks she was promoted to corporal. Shortly afterward her disguise was discovered and she ran away. A few month later bailey was found and tried in court. She was fined sentenced two months in jail and discharged from the army. In the british tax on tea on the night of December 16 1773 some men boarded a ship and threw all of its cargo of tea into Boston Harbor. The event is called Bosotn Tea Party. Sarah Fulton helped the men disguise themselves as Mohawk indians. Then she heated water in her kitchen so they could wash off the disguises. For this she called the mother of the Boston Tea Party