CHAPTER 4 SECTION 4

Peter Salem: he and two other blacks Cuff Whitemore and Salem Poor were honored for bravery. Salem became one of the 5,000 blacks to join the whites in Bunker Hill. Peter Salem had already fought at Lexington. Peter Salem got awarded for fighting in the Revolutionary War. The name Salem comes from the privateering port where all of the sailers went during the Revolutionary War when people were fighting on their boats.

Thayendanegea:He is remembered for his efforts in unifying upper New York Indian tribes... Thayendanegea fought on the English side during the American Revolution.

Margaret Cochran: Corbin fought alongside her husband in the American Revolutionary War and was the first woman to receive pension from the United States government as a disabled soldier.

Molly Pitcher: An Artillery wife, Mary Hays McCauly (better known as Molly Pitcher) shared the rigors of Valley Forge with her husband, William Hays. Her actions during the battle of Monmouth on June 28, 1778 became legendary.

Deborah Sampson Gannett: disguised herself as a man to fight in the Revolutionary War in the 4th Massachusetts Regiment under the name of Robert Shurtleff. She fought for a year, and was wounded twice. When she was hospitalized for a serious illness her secret was discovered.