Deborah Samson
Deborah Samson actually fought for the colonial army.
(Revolutionary War Women, 2012)
Disguised as a man, she presented herself to the American army as a willing volunteer to fight in the war. She was wounded twice -- a sword cut on the side of the head, and shot through the shoulder.
(Women Soldiers in the American Revolutionary War, 2012)
http://teresalwatts.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/deborah-sampson-house-and-museum-025.jpg
(Revolutionary War Women, 2012)
Disguised as a man, she presented herself to the American army as a willing volunteer to fight in the war. She was wounded twice -- a sword cut on the side of the head, and shot through the shoulder.
(Women Soldiers in the American Revolutionary War, 2012)
http://teresalwatts.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/deborah-sampson-house-and-museum-025.jpg