Margaret Corbin followed her husband John to war as a camp follower, just like Mary — and at the Battle of Fort Washington in 1776, when John fell at his cannon, Margaret took his place and kept firing until she was gravely wounded herself.

Unlike Molly’s cannon moment, Margaret’s is in the written record: Congress granted her a pension, the first for an American woman wounded in battle. This lesson tells her documented story — the closest true parallel to the legend of Molly Pitcher.

Lesson 1T of the Molly Pitcher Life Story series from Capite Universe — history brought to life for kids ages 6–14, and for families and classrooms who love learning through story.