Sybil Ludington, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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American revolutionary heroine
Date of Birth: 05-Apr-1761
Place of Birth: Kent, New York, United States
Date of Death: 26-Feb-1839
Profession: revolutionary
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Aries 
About Sybil Ludington
- Sybil Ludington (April 5, 1761 – February 26, 1839) is celebrated as a heroine of the American Revolutionary War.
- She reportedly rode to alert militia forces in the towns of Putnam County, New York and Danbury, Connecticut on the night of April 26, 1777 at age 16, warning of the approach of the British regular forces.
- The ride was similar to those performed by William Dawes, Paul Revere (Massachusetts, April 1775), and Jack Jouett (Virginia, 1781).
- Ludington reportedly rode more than twice the distance attributed to Revere and was much younger than the men.
- According to one historian, however, there is no contemporaneous evidence that these events occurred.Her story was first published in 1880 by local historian Martha Lamb, to whom it was probably told by Ludington's descendants.
- Her book has the earliest known reference to Ludington's ride.
- A later reference appeared in an account of her father's life published in 1907.
- Ludington has been more widely celebrated since around 1900.
- Memorial statues honor her, and books have been written about her. Contemporaneous sources suggest that the patriot army and the town of Danbury, Connecticut were already aware of the approaching British troops, as noted in The New-York Gazette and the Weekly Mercury, May 19, 1777, which stated, "On Saturday, the 26th of April, express came to Danbury from Brigadier General Silliman, advising that a large body of enemy had landed the day before at sun set, at Campo, a point of land between Fairfield, and Norwalk, and were marching toward Danbury.
- Measures were immediately taken." But Ludington was the daughter of a militia colonel who needed to rally the hundreds of local troops under his command and needed time to plan the battle yet to come.
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