Molly
Pitcher - The Battle of Monmouth 1778
During the heat of the Battle of Monmouth N.J. 1778,
Mary Hays McCauly, wife of a member of the battery volunteered to provide
the battery with water. Her husband is wounded and left on the
field, and Mary helps service the gun through the rest of the
battle. General Washington commissions her as a Sergeant in
the Continental Army. She
came to be known as Molly Pitcher, and is buried at Carlisle,
Pennsylvania.
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