Sybil Ludington: Courageous American Patriot Who Rode For Independence

A. Sutherland  – AncientPages.com – Sybil Ludington (1761 – 1839) was a celebrated hero of the American Revolutionary War (1775–1783), also known as the American War of Independence.

On the night of April 26, 1777, at the age of 16, Sybil rode to warn militia forces in Putnam County, New York, and Danbury, Connecticut, that British troops were approaching.

The ride was similar to those performed by William Dawes and Paul Revere (in Massachusetts, in April 1775) and Jack Jouett (in Virginia, 1781). However, Sybil was much younger and rode more than twice as far as Paul Revere did in 1775.

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