There’s a woman in every army: Deborah Samson and Massachusetts light infantry

There were probably a number of women who fought in the Continental Armies for American independence. They had to disguise themselves as men of course. Deborah Samson is perhaps the best known female veteran of the Revolutionary War. Literate and thoroughly familiar with the Bible, she undoubtedly knew about the woman of the same name who led an Israelite army against the Canaanites.