Show girl served three years with continental army SAMPSON was born dm plympton mass 18 years before she cut off her hair put on men s clothes took the name of robert shurtleff and succeeded in enlisting in the continental army as a common soldier A sabre cut in the forehead and a shot in the der did not take her out of action and it was three years before can an attack of brain fever while she was serving with washington gave her a discharge and his thanks con gress voted her a grant of lands and a pension she married benjamin gannett a farmer near sharon mass I 1 and settled down to being a good wife and mother |