Saturday, April 20, 2019
On Monmouth's Fields Comments
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In June of seventeen seventy-eight
General Clinton led British troops north,
forced to abandon Philadelphia,
he now marched leisurely for New York.
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12/17/2025 3:59:10 PM # 1.0.0
good read. A high position always handy. What was the name of the woman? Is she now famous?
Her name was Mary Hayes, known more commonly as Molly Pitcher. There's some debate as to whether this story is true or apocryphal, but they know she was a camp follower and one of the many women who would bring water to the artillery when the guns started to overheat.