Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1926-05-12
|,.Ns DISPUTE IDENTITY
NV PITCHER" HERO OF
1878

l77s
5isDatches regarding the
- Highland Falls, N: Y,
liO,s at West Point OF the n;
Me-, T.rgsret Corbin, ReVolu-
. ~, have led to a con-
4 n tI'onS local authorities as
am Margaret COrbin was ac-
81 4N Moi Pitcher" known to
fsooIbOy for her bravery at
/ Of Monmouth.
e'..,.sion has disclosed, in
j there were two molly
uho took part in the battle
f, S roles, if both schools OF
s,s s' gwen general credence.
4 :. . widely disputed CUES
Anthony Wayne Cook,
|. r. General Ag.I' Of the D. A. R.,
~ at is a most point at
snS probably will continue
sa aone time. The D. A. r.,
E..S ss organization, has taken
! V ~ the matter. although |
H. !" that the New York State
|T ~ Margaret Corbin as the
klly Pitcher.
II tbose who strongly oppose
= nr, George s. Duncan of
IT, department of the Ameri-
Euo,,sity here. He holds that
h '1 Corbin and Molly Pitcher
(stinet personalities, both OF
reformed meritoriously
H. British in the days of
b1Dean SAYS the D. A. R. has
4 tbe two heroines. Mar
Eorbin," he declares, fought
Iattle Of Fort Washington, N.
Ember 16. 1776. by taking
l. of her husband, a gunner,
4 been wounded. She work
|carnon until wounded by
hspeshot. II is extremely fit
4 The D. A. R. should remove
4 Corbin's remains from an
spot and. after burying them
Point. should erect a monu-
be dedicated in April.
/ Molly Pitcher did valiant
at the Battle of Monmouth,
BEHOLD. \. j., June %, 1778.
day was extremely hot, she,
teat danger, carried water to
Fsty soldiers from a spring
{ battlefield. When her hus-
Jas killed while discharging a
she at once took his place
bed to ayenge his death. Gen.
gton praised her bravery and
II a commission as sergeant.
Freehold the Government has
a fine monument. On one
a bas-relief depicting Molly
loading a cannon with a ram
lile al her feet hes her dead
!. Her large wooden water
|in the foreground. She was
in the old graveyard az Car
;. That State has erected a
monument over her grave
Statue Of the heroine holding
bd.
cyclopedias appear to sup
{ views Of Dr. Duncan. Con-
B July. lI79. passed the fol-
resolution
plved, that Margaret Corbin.
q and disabled at the battle
Washington, while she hero
lled the post of her husband.
! Killed by her side serving a
! artillery, do receive during
urai life, or continuance of
ABILITY, oae-half the monthly
wn by a soldier in the service
States The next year, on
Of the total loss of her arm.
'ut OF her injuries, the Board
recommended that "she who
out OF public stores, one
E suit Of clothes, or value
IN money"
authority has this to say.
. Pitcher revolutionary hero
c porn IN Pennsylvania, prob
- 1sllsle' October 10. i744.
ny y. name Mary Ludwig. and
' ne daughter of John George
w.. VINO came to this country
Efmany with the Palatines
n, emP !, as a servant in
ny s q Gen. William Irvine at
% ana a. on July "a, 1869, was
4, ~ '0nn HAYS. a barber. On
nj !, I1l5, HAYS was commits.
'uIneT n N Proetor's LIST Penn
f HIrI.lllefy; Continental line.
: lU = him to the field
10 I .o common thing for wives
,4r. SGlulers 70 do, their time
'sA A. IN /. laundering for the
Ia a. ~. me battle of Monmouth
r ne 7 useful by CARRYING
t bt' spring to the men in
in I'M mercury being about 96
, w rae shade Her husbands
b bsI.I stationed on rising
5 R ria L!Yingston's and
Ut n nltR 57t and he was shot
! t5 5O' P Sii-ed. during a charge
'"' British cavalry and i Te
lace cs'' " was competent to take
or ord vac removal of the can
PAIL Slifis[ Or o.5 oa. Molly, drop
,a5t ~ IT, H.. seized the ram ramm aer