Molly Pitcher
Margaret Corbin was serving with her husband at Fort Washington in present day New York City. Her husband John fell wounded and later died, and she took his place at the cannon. She was hit by three rounds of grapeshot in her arm. She was captured by the British but returned to the Americans at a Philadelphia hospital. She continued to serve, doing whatever she could even though she was injured. Her arm never healed and she was given a half-soldier's pension in 1779 for the rest of her life.