Her name was Margaret Corbin. At 24 years old, "Captain Molly” became one of the first women to fight in the American Revolution — and later the first woman to receive a life-long pension from ...
West Point honored Revolutionary War heroine, Margaret Cochran Corbin, also referred to as "Captain Molly," for her actions during the Revolutionary War, May 1 at the Old Cadet Chapel at the West ...
A West Point honor guard at Margaret Corbin Day 2015. A strange mix of Patriot and Tory still exists in Washington Heights, where American troops fell to British forces in 1776. The Battle of Fort ...
This undated photo provided by the United States Military academy in West Point, N.Y., shows a detail on the monument of what was believed to be the remains of Revolutionary War hero Margaret Corbin. ...
On a recent chilly day in Manhattan, a group of veterans marched a dozen miles up the island — from the historic Fraunces Tavern to the spot where the first woman pensioned by the United States Army ...
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