Evening star., 1932-04-03
Molly Pitcher as Monmouth.

Tory to has knees She is known to have been
a hard swearer and a sharpsheoter, and creek
which flowed near her backwoods cabin during
the Revolutionary period was named War
Woman's Creek by the Indians who knew and
feared her.
When both Savannah and Augusta were
British strongholds and the whole frontier was
swaTming with Tories, Mrs. Hart refused to
join the group OF women and children which
Gen Elijah Clarke transported from the Broad
River settlement to comparative safety beyond
the Blue Ridge Mountains.
Later group Of Tories came to her house,
killed her last turkey gobbler and bade her cook
it for them While her visitors were OF their
guard, interested perhaps In only the pleasant
oder of the turkey baking over the fire, Mrs.
Hart by her cunning and strategy was able to
secure possession Of their gums. She eveled
one OF them and because her eyes were crossed
each of the five Tories In his bewilderment Is
believed to have thought she aiming her
bucxshot directly at him. With a blazing
oath" she ordered them to surrender. Instead
of surrendering at once, one of them moved.
Nancy's gun cracked, and it is said that he
never moved again. second Tory attempted
to move But before he could advance an
other shot was fred and he fell wounded at
the feet Of Nancy Hart While Nancy aimed
her gun at the others, her husband designated
by her the poor stick" partly because he
always left 1t to her to take the initiative in
the matter of capturing Tofies-arrived with
some neighbors. Although the latter suggested
shooting the remaining Tories, at Nancy's
orders they were taken out and hanged.
After the war Nancy Hart left Georgia and
Joined her husbands "knfok' the forest
trails of Daniel Boone in Kentucky. Her last
resting place is unknown, but in addition to
the tablet which by act Of Congress is to COM
memorate her memory memorial picture Of
her was unveiled in the Georgia House of Rep
reSentatives November Is, 1916 by a chap
ter of the Daughters of the American Revo-
luton.
At least one woman, Deborah Sampson of
Massachusetts, enlisted for regular service in
the Revolutionary War, served IN the Army
ranks for a period of several months, was
wounded in action and later received an hon
orable discharge.
Late in May, 1882, Deborah, posing as man,
was mustered into service at worcester under
the name of Robert Shurtliffe, and was soon
sent to West Point with about so other new
recruits. Wearing the picturesque blue and
white uniform of the 4th Massachusetts, Regi-
ment, her next detail was ON scouting duty in
the country around New York.
Turing contest near Tarytown between
- her company and contingent of Delan-
cy's Cavalry, Deborah was shot in the thigh
and received flesh wound in the head. Fear
ing discovery, she pretended that the flesh
wound was her only injury and hastened back
into service without either having the wound
in the thigh properly treated or giving it time
to heal She was fortunate, however, in soon
obtaining permission to nurse a sick eomrade,
and during the period of her absence from
scouting and raiding duty she recovered COM
pletely from her wounds. In November 1892.
she took part in Schuyler'S expedition against
the Indians, this engagement Sapping in
measure her strength and courage.
The following Summer she joined the troops
which were sent to Philadelphia for the pur-
pose of quelling the disorder Of mutinous sol
diers. On this journey she suffered attack
Of fever bringing with It the discovery of her
sex by her physician. DR.. Binney, who, while
not disclosing the heroine's identity to her
sociates in Philadelphia. nevertheless revealed
his information to Gen Patterson at West
Point; and Deborahs fighting days were over.