Molly Pitcher & the Revolutionary War
3 min readOct 14, 2015
At the Battle of Monmouth in June 1778, the 100-degree heat killed as many soldiers as bullets, blades and artillery fire combined. The sun slew about half of the 400+ Patriot soldiers who died that day in New Jersey.
General Washington would have lost even more men had it not been for the heroism of the women attached to the Continental Army.
