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TIL of Deborah Sampson (1760-1827), who fought in the Revolutionary War as Robert Shurtleff and was the only Revolutionary woman to earn a full military pension. Her identity was discovered a year and a half into her service when she fell ill during an epidemic and lost consciousness.

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