Margaret Cochran's Contribution To The Revolutionary War
Margaret Corbin
Abby Donnay
Revolutionary Way Biography
5th Grade Literacy
May 11, 2017 Getting horribly wounded in the jaw and chest and getting disabled in the left arm sounds terrible doesn’t it? Well guess who survived that- Margaret Cochran Corbin. This essay will tell all about Margaret’s early life, adult life and contribution to the Revolutionary War! Margaret’s early life was pretty harsh, this paragraph will tell the story of her early life. Margaret Cochran is her maiden name. Margaret Cochran was born on November 12, 1751 in Franklin, Pennsylvania. Her father's name is Robert Cochran, her mother's name is Sarah Cochran, her brothers name is John Cochran. When Margaret was five she was visiting her uncle with her brother when their farm was taken over by a Native American raid. Her father was killed and her mother was taken captive. Margaret did not go to school or have any personal training. After her parents died she was orphaned …show more content…
for a while. Then her uncle adopted her and her brother. Margaret had a pretty good adult life- here’s what happened. She married John Corbin in 1772, that's when she became Margaret Corbin! She was a well respected woman. John joined the war. She just didn’t want to leave his side. So she went with him. Leaving her brother and uncle behind. This paragraph will be all about Margaret Corbin’s contribution to the Revolutionary War.
Margaret was a Patriot. She made food and nursed the wounded soldiers. One day she dressed as a man to stay with her husband at war! She was helping load the cannon when all of the sudden, the gunner was shot. So Margaret and her husband decided to take over the cannon. Then all of a sudden John was shot too. Margaret just then started to man the cannon herself, she was eventually shot too. Her left arm was nearly torn off. When the nurse came he walked right past her, until she moved her arm. Then the nurse noticed she is a girl. He got her on a wagon and her was off to Fort Washington! Her wounds were so bad she was sent to Philadelphia. There they found out that her had disabled her left arm for ever she was also badly wounded in the jaw and left part of her chest, but she eventually healed up. She never married anyone else after John died. That is when she became Margaret Cochran once
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Margaret was a very brave woman to go onto the battlefield. She died on January 16, 1800 in Westchester County. She had a pretty rough early life, good adult life and all of that led her to a great contribution to the Revolutionary War!
Works Cited
Jarret, Daine. Heroines of the American Revolution. 1998.
Bois, Danuta. “Distinguished Women of Past and Present.” 5/9/17. www.distnguishedwomen.com/biography/corbin.htlm
The Editors of Encyclopedia Britannica. “Encyclopedia Britannica.” Margaret Corbin www.britanica.com/biography/Margaret-Corbin 5/10/17
“History of American Woman Margaret Corbin.” www.womanshistoryblog.com/2010/05/Margaret-Corbin/html 5/10/17.
Michals, Debra. “History Museum.” www.nwhm.org/education-recources/biography/biographies/margaret-cochran-corbin/ 5/10/17.
“Hps 101” www.healthproblems101.com/history/where-did-margaret-corbin-go-to-school.html 5/10/17.
Abby Donnay
Revolutionary Way Biography
5th Grade Literacy
May 11, 2017 Getting horribly wounded in the jaw and chest and getting disabled in the left arm sounds terrible doesn’t it? Well guess who survived that- Margaret Cochran Corbin. This essay will tell all about Margaret’s early life, adult life and contribution to the Revolutionary War! Margaret’s early life was pretty harsh, this paragraph will tell the story of her early life. Margaret Cochran is her maiden name. Margaret Cochran was born on November 12, 1751 in Franklin, Pennsylvania. Her father's name is Robert Cochran, her mother's name is Sarah Cochran, her brothers name is John Cochran. When Margaret was five she was visiting her uncle with her brother when their farm was taken over by a Native American raid. Her father was killed and her mother was taken captive. Margaret did not go to school or have any personal training. After her parents died she was orphaned …show more content…
for a while. Then her uncle adopted her and her brother. Margaret had a pretty good adult life- here’s what happened. She married John Corbin in 1772, that's when she became Margaret Corbin! She was a well respected woman. John joined the war. She just didn’t want to leave his side. So she went with him. Leaving her brother and uncle behind. This paragraph will be all about Margaret Corbin’s contribution to the Revolutionary War.
Margaret was a Patriot. She made food and nursed the wounded soldiers. One day she dressed as a man to stay with her husband at war! She was helping load the cannon when all of the sudden, the gunner was shot. So Margaret and her husband decided to take over the cannon. Then all of a sudden John was shot too. Margaret just then started to man the cannon herself, she was eventually shot too. Her left arm was nearly torn off. When the nurse came he walked right past her, until she moved her arm. Then the nurse noticed she is a girl. He got her on a wagon and her was off to Fort Washington! Her wounds were so bad she was sent to Philadelphia. There they found out that her had disabled her left arm for ever she was also badly wounded in the jaw and left part of her chest, but she eventually healed up. She never married anyone else after John died. That is when she became Margaret Cochran once
more.
Margaret was a very brave woman to go onto the battlefield. She died on January 16, 1800 in Westchester County. She had a pretty rough early life, good adult life and all of that led her to a great contribution to the Revolutionary War!
Works Cited
Jarret, Daine. Heroines of the American Revolution. 1998.
Bois, Danuta. “Distinguished Women of Past and Present.” 5/9/17. www.distnguishedwomen.com/biography/corbin.htlm
The Editors of Encyclopedia Britannica. “Encyclopedia Britannica.” Margaret Corbin www.britanica.com/biography/Margaret-Corbin 5/10/17
“History of American Woman Margaret Corbin.” www.womanshistoryblog.com/2010/05/Margaret-Corbin/html 5/10/17.
Michals, Debra. “History Museum.” www.nwhm.org/education-recources/biography/biographies/margaret-cochran-corbin/ 5/10/17.
“Hps 101” www.healthproblems101.com/history/where-did-margaret-corbin-go-to-school.html 5/10/17.