Deborah Sampson, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Deborah Sampson

Continental Army soldier

Date of Birth: 17-Dec-1760

Place of Birth: Plympton, Massachusetts, United States

Date of Death: 29-Apr-1827

Profession: professor, Private

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Deborah Sampson Gannett (December 17, 1760 – April 29, 1827), better 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 Revolutionary War.
She is one of a small number of women with a documented record of military combat experience in that war.
She served 17 months in the army under the name "Robert Shirtliff" (also spelled in various sources as Shirtliffe and Shurtleff) of Uxbridge, Massachusetts, was wounded in 1782, and was honorably discharged at West Point, New York, in 1783.