Remembering Margaret Corbin, Daughter of the American Revolution From: The Washington Post | Date: May 26, 1991| Author: Chadwick Allen Harp | Copyright (null) The Washington Post. This material is published under license from the Washington Post.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Washington Post.Copyright information

THEY MAY be barred by law from combat roles today, but American women have a long tradition of fighting on the battlefield that goes back to the Revolutionary War and a young woman named Margaret Corbin.

On Nov. 16, 1776, Hessians under British command attacked Fort Washington on Manhattan Island, but encountered such vigorous resistance and such rapid artillery volleys that some remarked the Americans seemed possessed by demons. A ridge later known as Fort Tryon was defended by the ...

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