About Augustus Ludlow
Lived 1792 – 1813 (aged 20–21). Augustus Ludlow was a military officer.
Augustus C. Ludlow (1 January 1792 – 13 June 1813) was an officer in the United States Navy during the War of 1812.
Ludlow was born in Newburgh, New York. He was appointed midshipman April 2, 1804, and commissioned lieutenant June 3, 1810. Ludlow was second in command to Captain James Lawrence on the USS Chesapeake during the ship's engagement with HMS Shannon on June 1, 1813. It was to Ludlow that Lawrence said "Don't give up the ship." Ludlow Road in Commodore Perry Village, Middletown, Rhode Island
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United States Navy officer
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Augustus Ludlow was born in 1792.
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Augustus Ludlow died on 13 June 1813.
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