Deborah Sampson — Badass of the Week
Rather than focusing on a specific battle, campaign, or mission, this chapter is the story of American Continental Army Private Robert Shurtleff of the Fourth Massachusetts Infantry Regiment. A front-line skirmish ranger troop who survived multiple life-threatening situations, shouldered a musket in horrifically-bitter face-to-face battles against Loyalists and British redcoats all across upstate New York during the closing days of the Revolution, and once survived being sliced in the head with a cavalry saber. But Robert Shurtleff isn't just notable because he was a tough sucker who put his life on the line in ultra-deadly circumstances, fought with the unbridled blood-lust of a pinned-down wolverine, and took two bullets for his country.
He is notable because he was also, in reality, a woman named Deborah Sampson who had tricked everyone into thinking she was a guy and fought throughout the entire war with the Continental Army.
Wow! Really fascinating personality!
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