Ludlow, William

major-general U.S. A., born Riverside, Long Island, November 27, 1843. Graduated at West Point, 1864, and commi ioned Ist lieutenant corps of engineers. Chief engineer of Sherman’s army in Savannah and the Carol in as campaign, 1864-5. He filled many civil positions, as engineer of public works, attaché U. S. Emba y, London, president of the U. S. Nicaragua Canal Commi ion, 1895, and author of several important public reports. In 1899 he was appointed Military Governor of Havana, and inaugurated a system of free schools in that city. Lundy’s Lane, Canada, a battle in the War of 1812. After the defeat of the British at Chippewa, General Drummond advanced to meet the victorious American army led by General Jacob Brown. The latter sent forward General Scott to menace the forts on the Niagara River. Near the Falls, July 24, 1814, he fell in with General Riall with 1,800 men, who were posted on a hill near Lundy’s Lane. Scott sent forward Major Jesup, who by a flank movement gained the British rear and kept back reinforcements. Meantime Scott was hotly engaged against a much larger force. The American main army soon arrrived, and Colonel Miller stormed a battery which was the key to the British position. The British, with the reinforcements that now had arrived, attempted in vain to recapture this position. At midnight, after six hours of fighting, the battle ceased. The British next day took po e ion of the battle-field and four of the cannon captured. Both parties claimed the victory. The Americans lost about 850 men, the British nearly 900 in all.