They figured it out when A bullet wound she treated herself jn her leg didn't heal correctly and she fell sick with a high fever. They brought her to be treated in Philadelphia and the doctor undressed her to treat her and he found the band she used to bound her breasts to resemble a male physique.[she told her regiment that she was a young boy named Robert Shurtleff] the doctor didn't utter a word to anyone but acted in a respectful manner. He sent her to his house where she was treated by his wife and daughter. Instead when she was healed he sent her back with a letter to give to General Henry Knoxx and she was dreading that it was revealing her secret. Instead it was advice and to give her a sum of money when she left the army. She was released with an honorable discharge as she marched next to General Henry Knoxx as lowered muskets were lifted and fired.
Deborah Sampson was a black woman.
Yes, Deborah Sampson was the first female soilder.
Some of Deborah Sampson's hobbies were hunting and riding horses
deborah sampson posed as a man on the revolutionary war
earl Sampson, Mary Sampson and patience Sampson they adopted susanna
Deborah Sampson was a black woman.
Deborah Sampson
Deborah Sampson's favorite color is purple
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Deborah Sampson was from Middlebrough Massachusetts
She over came the fact that she was caught as a woman and not a man.
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George Washington discharged Deborah Sampson because at the time, during the American Revolution, it was 'improper' for a woman to work in the military and people thought that a woman's place in her life was her home.
Go to Google, at the top in blue it says images, and then click it. Type in Deborah Sampson. You really didn't know that???
Gennet is Deborah Sampson's maiden name
Deborah sampson wanted freedom
Yes, and no. Deborah Sampson s her maiden name, Debroah Gannet is her married name.