On this day in 1778,
Mary Lugwig Hays McCauly, the wife of an artillery officer, is generally believed to be Molly Pitcher. She is remembered for bringing water to the patriots, not for drinking, but for swabbing cannon, during the Battle of Monmouth, NJ.
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Mary Lugwig Hays McCauly, the wife of an artillery officer, is generally believed to be Molly Pitcher. She is remembered for bringing water to the patriots, not for drinking, but for swabbing cannon, during the Battle of Monmouth, NJ.
More Colonial Battles
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