“Valiant Amazing: The Elizabeth Beard Story” by Andrew MacLean

Elizabeth Beard was a young Loyalist woman from Philadelphia who ultimately fought alongside her soldier husband during the Revolution. She was with him on a ship which was attacked, and she manned the cannon, tearing off parts of her dress to use as wadding.

After that she went on land and was part of a partisan attack on a small group of Rebels. Later, she popped up again, in what is now Florida, in a besieged fort, again manning a cannon. After that she became a prisoner, and was ultimately part of a swap at the end of the war.

She then sailed aboard the Martha from New York City to Nova Scotia.  The Martha became separated from the refugee fleet in heavy fog and crashed on a rock. She, while heavily pregnant with triplets(!), was aboard a raft with sixty-some survivors and was rescued by fishermen, giving birth on the beach.

Her sons later fought in the War of 1812.

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