Sybil Ludington rode twice as far as Revere did ... Sybil’s hard riding earned her the congratulations of General George Washington, but it seems she got little recognition for her feat after ...

Perhaps Sybil Ludington even emitted “a high-pitched feminine halloo,” as a 1940 poem says: “Up, Up there, soldier. You’re needed, come! The British are marching!” and then the drum To ...

Sybil was the oldest of 12 Ludington children ... French General Rochambeau sent her a personal note of thanks, and George Washington himself was reported to have found her and offered his ...

In Manhattan, George Washington ... On April 26, 1777, Sybil Ludington became the region's Paul Revere, riding 40 miles through Putnam and Dutchess counties to alert local militiamen that the ...

Of a ride of our female Paul Revere…” Sybil Ludington's 40 mile trek was a small victory that helped lead to American Independence and the eventual formation of the United States. George ...

Paul Revere, for instance, wasn’t the only one on the midnight ride. And Sybil Ludington—the young woman who has gone down in history as a female version of Paul Revere, riding through the ...

Yet not every historian believes it happened that way. On the evening of April 26, 1777, a 16-year-old girl named Sybil Ludington set out into the rain on horseback. Her mission was desperate and ...