Margaret Cochran Corbin was an American soldier in the Revolutionary War. She was very brave joining the war and how she joined the war was heroic. First, we need to know her background, where she came from and her life before the war. Margaret was born on November 12, 1751 to her father Robert Cochran, who was a Scottish-Irish colonist, and to her mother who’s name is unknown. Margaret was born in Franklin County, Pennsylvania which, driving, is two hours and forty minutes from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to give you a visual of this location (Google Maps).Margaret and her brother, John Cochran, moved in, and were raised by their uncle, in 1756 when Native Americans murdered their father and kidnapped their mother. Margaret was only five-years old, but I found no knowledge on her brothers age. Margaret married her husband, who fought and died in the Revolutionary War, around the year 1722. She was twenty-one years old at the time of their marriage. …show more content…
Close to four years after they got married, John joined a unit in Pennsylvania to fight on the American side of the wa. Margaret, as was common at the time, went with him. On November 16, 1776, British, and their German allies, attacked Fort Washington where John was stationed, and Margaret was at her husband’s side. Margaret dressed like a man, like Mulan, to go to the battle with John (“Margaret Cochran Corbin”). John was assisting a gunner, but the gunner was killed in a battle. John took over the cannon immediately after this with Margaret now assisting him. Later, John was killed and Margaret took over the cannon, just like John did before. Margaret manned the cannon on her own until she was hit with a grapeshot*. Her left arm almost fell off, her jaw was hit, and her chest was hit. These injuries were terrible. On a positive note, Margaret’s action of joining the war was important to the war, and to