Sybil Ludington: Women In The Revolutionary War

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By:Greta Fournier,Paige Alexander

It was a stormy night. A lone girl was riding,the wind was howling, rain beating against her cloak. As she passed a tree she tore a stick from it. She rode to town, smacking peoples doors with the stick, yelling that british troops were coming and preparing for attack. She gathered the militia, and they were sent to defend. The militia had set off, but did they make it in time? Or was it too late?

It was the middle of the American Revolution, and the Americans were finally winning. Women in the war were doing good too. The revolutionary war was different, because women could actually work in it. Many women worked as nurses during the war. Many leaders actually encouraged women to become nurses, because …show more content…

Women who did go into the army disguised themselves as men. The women who joined the army were often young, poor, and unmarried, and probably did it to earn money for their families. If a woman was discovered in the army disguised as a man, they would be arrested and put in jail. Now back to Sybil Ludington

Sybil Ludington was born April 5, 1761, in the town of Fredericksburg, which is currently named “Ludingtonville”. Her house was a very full one, with her father Colonel Henry Ludington, and her mother Abigail Knowles, and not to mention, with also being the eldest she had to look out for her eleven other siblings. Her father fought in the French and Indian War, and also volunteered to head the local militia men during the American Revolution. In 1777, he now lead the militia which contained approximately 400 militiamen.

On the night of April 26, 1777, Colonel Ludington got word that british troops were heading to Danbury. He was going to go out and gather his troops, but as sybil pointed out, who would be their to lead them when he was done. Sybil offered to ride to gather the troop. “No Sybil, it’s too dangerous, I can not allow this’’ said her father. “But father, if I don’t you won’t get to Danbury on time, and they will destroy the town! I can do it, trust me’’ Sybil explained. Her father finally, but reluctantly, let her go. She grabbed her horse and set out as fast as she could,

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