Deborah Sampson disguised herself as a man and enlisted as a Continental Army soldier 1782-83 was wounded twice and was later awarded a soldier's pension.
Some of Wright's supporters include Benjamin Franklin, Deborah Sampson, the King and Queen of England, and William Pitt.
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Eliza, who says in her autobiography that she had read about Deborah Sampson in the American Revolution and Lucy Brewer in the War of 1812, determined that she would follow him and volunteered herself under the alias George Mead the next day.