Deborah Sampson.

The female.

Deborah Sampson dressed like a man to fight in the war.

She was the oldest out of 7 children.

Later,wile being treated for a head wound,she concealed the musket ball in her left leg for fear of being discovered.

The examine doctor did learn her secret but did not tell anyone for sometime.

The doctor how ever,in 1783 he did tell a general at Frot Knox.

She was honerly discharged.