Molly Pitcher

Molly Pitcher by Abigail

Have you ever heard of Molly Pitcher?  She was a big help in the Battle of Monmouth.  Molly was an amazing woman who helped a lot in the Revolutionary War.

When Molly saw that soldiers were dying left and right from heat, she

wanted to do something.  She found a pitcher of water and a nearby spring.  She

started filling the pitcher and bringing it to the soldiers.  Every so often she would  hear the words ‘’Molly ,pitcher!’’ (Journey’s Common Core) ,so she got the nickname Molly Pitcher(Oricale).

One time on her way to the spring she saw a dead soldier lying on the ground, or she thought he was dead.  She realized he was not dead when he moaned.  Molly knew that if she left him there he would be killed.  She imidiatly started to move the soldier behind the brush out of the line of fire(Oracle).

On her way back to the waterspout a different time she passed her husband just in time to see a cannonball hit him.  After making sure that his wounds would heal and that he would be ok, she thought someone would have to work his cannon. Whenshe was in the middle of firing the cannon she saw a cannonball coming towards her.  She quickly spread apart her legs and the cannonball went right through them.

So she fired it for him.  Cannonball after cannonball she fired cannon(Oracle).  

Molly was indeed a big help in the revolutionary war.  She fired a cannon, saved a man's life, and carried a pitcher of water to the wounded soldiers.  As you can see, Molly Pitcher was an amazing woman.

‘‘Molly Pitcher.’’http://library.thinkquest.org/TQ0312848/mpitcher.htm.The Oracle Education Foundation.Web.31 Jan 2014