Sybil Ludington:
On the same night of Paul Revere’s ride, a message was delivered to the house of Sybil Ludington's father, a New York militia officer. The message said that the British soldiers had entered Danbury, Connecticut (which was relatively close to Colonel Ludington’s militia), and had begun to loot and burn the town. It’s unknown whether she was asked to or volunteered, but Sybil left at around 9 pm to warn her father’s men about the incoming British. She ended up traveling 40 miles - about twice the distance that Paul Revere had travelled. She raised up the troops who fought the British back.

Friedrich von Steuben
He was a Prussian military officer who was discharged and eventually taken up by George Washington to strengthen the American Army. At age 17, he joined the Prussian army and subsequently moved up in the ranks. He was later introduced to Ben Franklin, who in turn introduced him to George Washington in a letter. Due to allegations of Steuben’s possible homosexuality, he travelled to America, where he made a good first impression on Congress because of …show more content…
His master consented to him joining the American army under the Marquis de Lafayette, who had him pose an a runaway slave in order to gain the trust of the loyalists. The information that he gained significantly helped the patriots defeat the British at Yorktown. After the war had ended, a law emancipated slaves who had joined the army, but Armistead wasn’t eligible because he had been a spy, not a soldier. However, after much deliberation, the Marquis de Lafayette sent a personal recommendation for Armistead’s freedom, and it was granted in 1787. Armistead added “Lafeyette” onto the end of his name in honor of the Marquis, who revisited the the US in 1824 and stopped his carriage to greet