Sybil Ludington

Sybil Ludington

Sybil (or Sibbell) Ludington (April 5, 1761 – February 26, 1839) was an American woman who allegedly made a ride during the American Revolutionary War, though modern accounts dispute this. On April 26, 1777, at age 16, Ludington, the daughter of a Colonel Henry Ludington, was claimed to have made an all-night horseback ride 40 miles (64 km) to rally American militiamen in neighboring towns after British forces raided and burnt Danbury, Connecticut. Accounts of Ludington's ride are based on a brief mention in 1907 memoirs about her father, published privately by his grandchildren. A 2015 report in The New England Quarterly says there is little evidence backing the story, and whether the ride occurred has been questioned since at least 1956. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2024). Sybil Ludington is the 2,064th most popular military personnel (down from 2,030th in 2024), the 15,727th most popular biography from United States (down from 13,925th in 2019) and the 199th most popular American Military Personnel.