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Title
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Margaret Cochran Corbin, Plaque
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Biographical Text
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Bronze tablet describing the heroic actions of Corbin. Contains the insignia of the Daughters of the American Revolution in the bottom righthand corner.
In 1902, the Mary Washington Colonial Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution erected this plaque in Holy Rood Episcopal Church in Manhattan. This is near the site of the Battle of Fort Washington.
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Text
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TO THE GLORY OF GOD
AND IN PATRIOTIC REMEBERENCE OF
MARGARET CORBIN
AT THE BATTLE OF FORT WASHINGTON
NOVEMBER 16TH 1776
SHE STOOD BY HER HUSBAND
JOHN CORBIN ARTILLERYMAN
DURING THE HESSIAN ASSAULT
AND AFTER HE WAS KILLED SHE
SERVED HIS GUN UNTIL SHE WAS WOUNDED
ERECTED BY THE MARY WASHINGTON COLONIAL CHAPTER
APRIL 30TH 1902
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Date Created
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1902-04-30
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Type
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English
Signage
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Bibliographic Citation
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"Margaret Corbin." The New York Times, April 27, 1902. p. 24.
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Project Researcher
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Bysterbusch, Hailey
