Deborah Sampson date of birth:
December 17, 1760
How old was Deborah Sampson when died?
66
Where was Deborah Sampson born?
Plympton, Massachusetts
When did Deborah Sampson die?
April 27, 1827
What is Deborah Sampson nationality?
American
Short Biography
Deborah Samson Gannett (December 17, 1760 – April 29, 1827), better known as Deborah Sampson or Deborah Samson, was a woman who disguised herself as a man in order to serve in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War. She is part of a small number of women with a documented record of military combat experience in that war. She served 17 months in the army, as "Robert Shurtleff" of Uxbridge, Massachusetts, was wounded in 1782 and honorably discharged at West Point, New York in 1783.