Sybil Ludington was an American revolution heroine remembered for her valiant role against British attack. Many people know Paul Revere, who rode 16 miles. But Sybil Ludington rode 40 miles when she was only 16.
She was born 1761 in Fredericksburg, (Ludingtonville), the eldest of 12 children. She was a daughter of Henry Ludington, a military commander and Abigail Knowles Ludington.
On April 26, 1777, A messenger came to her house and said that the British were burning houses in Danbury, Connecticut, 15 miles to the southeast of the Ludington house. Since the messenger was so exhausted from riding so much, Sybil volunteered to go round up her father’s troops because she knew
