Eliza, who says in her autobiography that she had read about Deborah Sampson in the American Revolution and Lucy Brewer in the War of 1812, determined that she would follow him and volunteered herself under the alias George Mead the next day.
She would follow him. Eliza determined this. Eliza volunteered herself under the alias George Mead the next day. She had read about Deborah Sampson in the American Revolution and Lucy Brewer in the War of 1812. This is what Eliza says in her autobiography.