selkiecomrade:

Philip Schuyler was a general in the Continental Army as well as a businessman.  He was actually pretty good at it, and the British wanted to take him out of commission.  One night, a raiding party broke into the Schuyler house looking for him.  The family (Philip included) hid in an upstairs bedroom – when they realized that the baby was still in her cradle downstairs.

So, who volunteered to sneak through a house of armed men to get her?  Who got grabbed on the way back up and, still holding the baby, lied to their leader when he stuck a gun in her face and demanded to know where General Schuyler was?

Peggy.