Margaret Cochran Corbin | 1751–1800

Built

1982-06-13

Material

bronze

Inscription

During the British-Hessian attack on Fort Washington 16 November 1776 Margaret Corbin was wounded when she filled the post of her husband John who was killed while loading artillery. The first woman to fight as a soldier in the Revolutionary War, she is …

• 1.2 mi off the Palisades Scenic BywayNational
• 3.2 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
• 18.2 mi off the Merritt ParkwayNational

Local time (America/New_York).

40.85945, -73.93371

Elevation 67 m (modelled from terrain)

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