Dressed as a man and using the name Robert Shurtleff, Deborah Sampson, the first woman to draw a soilder’s pension, joined the Continental Army in 1782 at the age of 22, was injuredthree times , and was discharged in 1783 because she had become too ill to serve
The first shots of the American Revolution, fired at Lexington and Concord, Massachusetts, were, according to legend , heard around the world , but news of these shots, which were sent by swift messenger , took four days in reaching New York City as well as another additional eleven days to reach Charleston, South Carolina.
The first shots of the American Revolution, fired at Lexington and Concord, Massachusetts, were, according to legend , heard around the world , but news of these shots, which were sent by swift messenger , took four days in reaching New York City as well as another additional eleven days to reach Charleston, South Carolina.