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Title
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Margaret Cochran Corbin, Memorial
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Biographical Text
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Metal plaque attached to stone pillar as a monument to Corbin. The upper half of the plaque contains a bas relief picturing Corbin preparing to fire a Revolutionary War era cannon. The bottom half of the plaque describes Corbin’s life and heroic service.
The Daughters of the American Revolution sought to honor Corbin (also known as “Captain Molly”) with a monument and military burial at West Point Cemetery. Corbin was believed to be buried in Highland Falls, New York. In 1926, Corbin’s supposed remains were reinterred in West Point Cemetery with full military honors and the monument was erected.
In 2016, there was a disturbance to Corbin’s grave due to a crypt installation project. It was then that it was discovered the remains in the grave belonged to an unidentified man who was alive in the 18th or 19th centuries. In 2018, a rededication ceremony was held and a new monument was erected to honor Corbin. Today, the monument stands above an empty grave. It is the goal of the Daughters of the American Revolution to locate Corbin’s remains and reinter them in West Point Cemetery.
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Text
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IN MEMORY OF
MARGARET CORBIN
A HEROINE OF THE REVOLUITION
KNOWN AS CAPTAIN MOLLY
1751 - 1800
WHO AT THE BATTLE OF FORT WASHINGTON, NEW YORK CITY, WHEN HER HUSBAND JOHN CORBIN WAS KILLED, KEPT HIS FIELD PIECE IN ACTION UNTIL SEVERELY WOUNDED AND THEREAFTER, BY AN ACT OF CONGRESS, RECEIVED HALF THE PAY
AND ALLOWANCES OF
“A SOLDIER IN THE SERVICE”
SHE LIVED, DIED, AND WAS BURIED ON THE HUDSON RIVER BANK, NEAR THE VILLAGE CALLED HIGHLAND FALLS. IN APPRECIATION OF HER DEEDS FOR THE CAUSE OF LIBERTY, AND THAT HER HEROISM MAY NOT BE FORGOTTEN, HER DUST WAS REMOVED TO THIS SPOT AND THIS MEMORIAL ERECTED BY THE NATIONAL SOCIETY OF THE DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION IN NEW YORK STATE
1926
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Date Created
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1926
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Date Modified
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2018-05-01
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Type
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English
Signage
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Project Researcher
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Bysterbusch, Hailey
