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Deborah Sampson was born
She was born in Massachusetts near Plymouth. He family was poor.She was an endentured sevent because her mother couldn't take care of her children. -
Deborah Sampson's life before joining the war
When she was 18 she was not an indentured servent any more. She became a teacher during the summer. She made money by weaving during the winter. It didn't have a date on it. -
Deborah enlists in the army.
It was some time in the spring of 1781 by the name of Robert Shurtlieff. They didn't have the exact day she went. She later recived the notice that said she was accepted into the military. She was told to report to New York. -
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The time Deborah fought
Over two years she served in the military. She fought and got wounded without anyone seeing she was a lady. She helped many people out through those years. -
Deborah's life as a soldier.
For most of July, Deborah Sampson had to camp with the French. She was at lower west Westcheaster. She went through digging trenches and got blisters from it. She was in the siege of Yorktown. -
Deborah Sampson gets wounded
Deborah Sampson was fighting in nuetral ground and got attacked by the enemy. She fought with 30 other men. She recived a gash on her forehead and was shot in the leg. She tended to her self so she wouldn't get discovered. Again, there was no exact date. -
Deborah Sampson was assingned to take care of a soldier
Deborah Sampson was assingned to take care of a wounded soldier. She took care of him in an attic which gave her time for her leg to heal. After the soldier died, she went back to fight and led a night raid. -
Deborah Sampson became a waiter.
Deborah Sampson left when Privite Richard Snow died.Deborah Sampson was removed from the ranks and became a waiter to General John Paterson. He commanded the First Massachusetts Brigade. There is no exact date. -
Deborah Sampson goes to stop mutiny
Troops(including Deborah Sampson) were sent to Philadelphia the last week of June to stop a protest by upset soldiers. By the time Deborah arrived, the mutiny was over, but she fell victim to an epidemic stalking the city’s streets. In late July, she was carried to the hospital where she lost consciousness. -
She was discharged
She was discoverd by Dr. Benjamin Binney and he wrote to General Peterson about it. She receiving an honorable discharge on October 23, 1783. Deborah traveled home to Massachusetts. -
Deborah Sampson gets married
On April 7, 1785 she married Benjamin Gannet, from Sharon. They had a three children named Earl, Polly, and Patia. She became a farm wife. -
After the fighting
After fighting she got married to Benjamin Gannet, from Sharon, and they had three children, Earl, Polly, and Patia. Although Deborah’s life after the army was mostly typical of a farmer’s wife, she was the first woman in the country to go on a lecture tour. -
Deborah Sampson died.
She died April 29, 1827. She was 66 years old. Her husband pettioned for pay as the husband of a soldier. He got the money because she showed female heroism, fidelity and courage.
