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Personal logo Editor in Chief Bill The Editor of TMP Fezian04 Jul 2019 3:58 p.m. PST

A remarkable Revolutionary War diary written by a Massachusetts corporal sheds light on Deborah Sampson, who disguised herself as a man to join the Continental Army…

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robert piepenbrink Supporting Member of TMP05 Jul 2019 3:23 a.m. PST

You know, the Continental Army had about 8,000 commissioned officers and maybe ten times as many enlisteds, about most of whom we know pretty much nothing even in a statistical sense. The focus on Deborah Sampson seems a tad disproportionate.

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