Books with title The Female Review: Life of Deborah Sampson, the Female Soldier in the War of the Revolution

Herman Mann (1771-1833) was an author, printer, bookseller at at Dedham, Massachusett, who authored the book "The Female Review: Life of Deborah Sampson, the Female Soldier in the War of the Revolution." In 1916, the Magazine of History, Vol. 47, republished this book---from which the present book has been republished for the reader's convenience.Deborah Samson Gannett (1760 – 1827), better known as Deborah Samson or Deborah Sampson, was a 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 Shirtliffe." Samson fought in several skirmishes. During her first battle, on July 3, 1782, outside Tarrytown, New York, she took two musket balls in her thigh. In January 1792, Samson petitioned the Massachusetts State Legislature for pay which the army had withheld from her because she was a woman. The legislature granted her petition and Governor John Hancock signed it. The legislature awarded her 34 pounds plus interest back to her discharge in 1783.In 1802, Samson began giving lectures about her wartime service. She began by extolling the virtues of traditional gender roles for women, but toward the end of her presentation she left the stage to return dressed in her army uniform and performed a complicated and physically taxing military drill and ceremony routine. Sharon, Massachusetts, now memorializes Samson with a statue in front of the public library, the Deborah Sampson Park, and the Deborah Sampson House. During World War II the Liberty Ship S.S. Deborah Gannett (2620) was named in her honor. As of 2001, the town flag of Plympton incorporates Samson as the Official Heroine of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.In describing Samson in combat Mann writes: "About four in the morning, a large party, chiefly on horseback and well armed, were saluted by one of the centinels; which was no sooner done than they returned a number of pistol and fusee shots at the flash of his gun. A severe combat ensued. The Americans found horses without riders: they had then light-horse and foot. Our Gallantress having previously become a good horseman, immediately mounted an excellent horse. They pursued the enemy till they came to a quagmire, as it appeared by their being put to a nonplus. They rushed on them on the right and left, till as many as could escaped; the rest begged quarter. The dauntless Fair at this instant thought she felt something warmer than sweat run down her neck. Putting her hand to the place, she found the blood gushed from the left side of her head very freely. She said nothing, as she thought it no time to tell of wounds . . . "

Excerpt from The Female Review: Life of Deborah Sampson, the Female Soldier in the War of the Revolution; With an Introduction and NotesWe have been fortunate in discovering among the members of the D. A. R. One who is a direct descendant of Deborah Sampson, and from whom we have received the family tree which appears in the Appendix. This lady is Miss Amy Greer Thompson of New York, a great-great-granddaughter of our heroine, and the only member of the D. A. R. Who belongs to the Society as representing a female soldier. Others have been admitted as descendants of patriotic women, who rendered substantial services to the cause of Independence, but no one of them can point to a regularly-eu listed woman soldier as her ancestor.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Mrs. Livermore s MyS tory of the War, there were many in the Union A rmy, by one unnamed authority almost four hundred though of course none were enlisted if their sex was known. It is admitted that there were two women in Washington sarmy who did soldiers work Molly Pitcher of Monmouth, and Margaret Corbin of Fort Washington But theirs was but a service of occasion, and they were not regularly enlisted, as was Deborah Sampson. Our readers will agree that it is most unfortunate that her own manuscript journal of her experiences was lost, and that Mr. Mann sverbose, grandiloquent and prosy production has to do duty in its place. We have felt obliged to reprint it in full but it suffers greatly by comparison with almost any one of our other EXTRAS particularly such a plain, straightforward, manly story as is Thomas Brown s Plain Narrative (N o. 4). The original of 1797 is almost unprocurable and even the re print of 1866, which we have followed, is very scarce. We have been fortunate in discovering among the members of the D. A. R. one who is a direct descendant of Deborah Sampson, and from whom we have received the family tree which appears in the A ppendix. This lady is Miss A my Greer Thompson of New York, a great-great-granddaughter of our heroine, and the only member of the D. A. R. who belongs to the Society as representing a FEMALE SOLDIER. Others have been admitted as descendants of patriotic women, who rendered substantial services to the cause of I ndependence, but no one of them can point to a regularly-en listed woman soldier as her ancestor. We regret that the steel plate of Deborah Sampson sportrait cannot now be found, though known to be in Dedham a few years ago; and we are therefore obliged to be content with a half-tone reproduction from the original print. N. Y.(Typographical errors above are due to OCR software and don't occur in the book.)About the Publisher Forgotten Books is a

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Deborah Sampson was a courageous woman who lived during the American Revolutionary War. Deborah wanted to fight for her country, but women were not allowed to join the military, at that time. She disguised herself as a man, and successfully enlisted in the army. Later, she became the first American woman who went on a lecture tour, and the first woman to collect a military pension in the United States. Deborah Sampson was a brave woman whose story will inspire boys, and girls to go for their dreams