Cybil Ludington was a great American Patriot who did amazing things for our country. She has been honored for her extraordinary accomplishments.

Cybil Ludington was born in Fredricksburg, Connecticut in 1761. She was the oldest of twelve children. The area that she was born in was later turned changed to Ludingtonville because of her and her father's heroic actions. Her father was Colonel Henry Ludington. He commanded the seventh regiment of Dutchess County Militia. He helped Cybil become a strong person in case he needed a replacement for one of his soldiers.

In April 1777, the British came to attack Danbury, Connecticut, to take the Continental Army's supplies that were kept there. Cybil rode out on a cold, dark night during a thunderstorm to warn her father's militiamen of the burning of Danbury. She was fifteen when she rode out on her midnight ride!

After that, she was known as the female Paul Revere because of her ride through Putnam and Dutchess counties, telling the Continental Army that the British were burning down Danbury, Connecticut.

Picture courtesy of Putnam County Historical Society.

In 1784, after the war was over, Cybil Ludington married Edmond Ogden. They had a son named Henry. Cybil lived in Unadilla, New York, until her death in February, 1839. She was buried near her father in Maple Avenue Cemetery. There are historical markers with facts of her life leading up to her tombstone. One historical marker leading up to Cybil's grave is at the junction of Route 6N and Hill Street in Mahopac Falls, New York. The marker reads: "Cybil Ludington rode horseback over this road the night of April 26, 1777, to call out Col. Ludington's regiment to repel the British at Danbury, Connecticut." Cybil's name has been spelled many different ways over the course of the centuries. The two most common ways to spell it are Cybil and Sybil. The way it is spelled on her tombstone is Sibbell. Learn more about Cybil Ludington at this site.