This resource has the story of Margaret Corbin. She actually took charge of a cannon during the Revolutionary War after her husband was killed. She was wounded in her shoulder, chest, and jaw from which she never fully recovered.

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disability pension, women in revolutionary war, battle of ft. washington, margaret corbin, u.s. military disability pension, u.s. military pension

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Classroom Considerations

• Knovation Readability Score: 4 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)

• This resource is only available on an unencrypted HTTP website.It should be fine for general use, but don’t use it to share any personally identifiable information