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Molly Pitcher

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Woman soldier in American Revolutionary War (1754-1832)

United StatesLived 1754 to 1832 · aged 77
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Mary Ludwig Hays was a woman who fought in the American War of Independence at the Battle of Monmouth. The woman behind the Molly Pitcher story is most often identified as Hays, but it is likely that the legend is an amalgam of more than one woman seen on the battlefield that day.

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Molly Pitcher at the Battle of Monmouth, engraving by J.C. Armytage, c. 1859Molly Pitcher at the Battle of Monmouth, engraving by J.C. Armytage, c. 1859Molly Pitcher Spring MarkerMolly Pitcher Spring MarkerGrave in CarlisleGrave in CarlisleMolly Pitcher (1884) by James E. Kelly, Monmouth Battle Monument, Freehold, New Jersey.Molly Pitcher (1884) by James E. Kelly, Monmouth Battle Monument, Freehold, New Jersey.

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United States
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Lived 1754 to 1832 · aged 77
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