Deborah Sampson
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Deborah Sampson Gannett, also known as Deborah Samson or Deborah Sampson, was a Massachusetts woman who disguised herself as a man in order to serve in the Continental Army during the American Revolut
Frontispiece of The Female Review: Life of Deborah Sampson, the Female Soldier in the War of Revolution
Statue of Sampson at the Sharon, Massachusetts public library
Deborah Sampson's grave, Sharon, Massachusetts
Deborah Sampson Gannett House, East Street, Sharon, Mass., August 7, 1930. Leon Abdalian Collection, Boston Public Library
John Paterson was a major general in the Continental Army during the American Revolution, and a U.S. Congressman from New York.
Deborah Sampson
…for a pension, her leg never fully healed. On April 1, 1783, she was reassigned to new duties, and spent seven months serving as a waiter to General John Paterson. On June 24, the President of Congress ordered George Washington to send a contingent of soldiers under Paterson to Philadelphia to help quell a rebellion…
Illustration depicting Paterson as shown on monument at Monmouth Battlefield State Park
Paterson is depicted in this bas-relief sculpture, part of the Monmouth Battle Monument in Freehold, New Jersey
Tablet placed at Trinity Church in Lenox, Massachusetts by Thomas Egleston in memory of his great-grandfather, John Paterson.