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Who was Molly Pitcher's husband?
she had two husbands the first one was John hays. john hays died in a war,he died in 1789 not long after his death molly pitcher married George Macaulay he was not so nice to molly
Where did Mary Ludwig Hays McCauley took water to the soldiers?
At the Battle of Monmouth Courthouse, in New Jersey, June 28, 1778. It was extremely hot that day, well over one hundred degrees. Many soldiers died of heatstroke. But the water Mary carried was not for drinking. Her husband was an artilleryman, part of a cannon crew. After the gun was fired a soldier had a sponge on a long wooden staff which he used to swab out the inside of the barrel. This extinguished any remaining burning material in the barrel from the previous shot, which kept the powder for the next shot from exploding while they were trying to reload to the gun. Obviously this was very important. The sponge had to be kept wet. When they got low on water in the sponge bucket, the soldiers would call "Molly, pitcher!" which was how she got her nickname.
Timeline of Molly Pitcher?
Mary Ludwig Hays McCauley, known by the nickname Molly Pitcher, was born in Trenton, NJ in 1754. She passed away in 1832 in Carlisle, PA. In 1777 and in the spring of 1778 she was in Valley Forge, helping to care for dying soldiers. In June of 1778 she was at the Battle of Monmouth attending to soldiers by fetching water for them.
How did John Hays die?
He died because the Battle of Mammoth was so hot and humid. There was not enough water to keep him hydrated. This is only one of the theories for his death. The other theory was that he got shot while manning his cannon. Non of these theories has proof. However, whichever is the true one, it led to the start of Molly Pitcher, or Mary Hays, John Carper Hay's wife. She took over the cannon for him, and also helped bring water to the troops.
Why was Anna Mae Hays important?
Brigadier General Anna Mae Hays was the first woman in the US military to be promoted to a general officer rank, in 1970. She was Chief of the Army Nurse Corps from 1967 to 1971.
