by Chris
This stamp shows Deborah Sampson disguised as the Continental soldier, Robert Shurtliff. She was able to hide her identity until she fell into a coma.
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by ChrisThis stamp shows Deborah Sampson disguised as the Continental soldier, Robert Shurtliff. She was able to hide her identity until she fell into a coma.
Deborah Sampson was born in the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1760. She was an adventurous person who liked to read and wanted to travel. She could not travel because women in colonial times got married and took care of their children. So Deborah had a plan. She decided to dress up as a man and join the army. She got into the army and renamed herself Robert Shurtliff. Deborah, or Robert, fought as a Continental soldier during the Revolutionary War against the British. |
When Sampson got shot in the leg, she was carried to a hospital. She thought a doctor would discover who she was, so she took the bullet out herself. A little later, she caught the fever and went into a coma. Then the doctor found out that Robert was really Deborah. When the general found out, he was very proud of her courage. So were the other soldiers. She was discharged from the army in 1783. She then married Ben Gannett and raised four childre. She traveled around the country to talk about her experiences.
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