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Ludlow (WILLIAM an American military)

WILLIAM, an American military officer; born in Islip, L. I., Nov. 27, 1843; was graduated at the United States Naval Academy and appointed a 1st lieutenant in the Engineer Corps in 1864; served through the remainder of the war; was president of the United States Nicaragua Canal Commission in 1895; commissioned Brigadier-General of volunteers and was made chief engineer of the army destined for Cuba, in May, 1898. During the Santiago campaign he commanded the 1st Brigade, 2d Division, of the American army, and participated in the battles of El Caney LUDWIG and San Juan Hill. He was promoted (2,982 feet), in the vicinity, a magnifi- Major-General of volunteers, Sept. 7, 1898; was military governor of Havana, from Dec. 12, 1898, to May 1, 1900; promoted Brigadier-General, U. S. A., Jan. 21, 1900; and appointed president of the War College Board, May 1, 1900.

He was the author of "Exploration of the Black Hills and Yellowstone Country" and several military reports. He died Aug. 30, 1901.

LUDWIG. See LOUIS.

LUDWIGSBURG (löd'vigs-börg), a town of Württemberg, 8 miles N. of Stuttgart; formerly the second royal residence, and one of the principal garrison towns; has a military school and a castle, with picture gallery and splendid gardens. It grew up round a hunting castle founded in 1704 by Duke Eberhard Ludwig. It was the birthplace of D. F. Strauss, Justinus Kerner, Möricke, and Friedrich Vischner. Pop. about 25,000.

LUDWIGSHAFEN (-hä-fen), a town of the Bavarian Palatinate, on the Rhine, opposite Mannheim; has grown rapidly owing to its manufactures (soda, aniline dyes, wagons, machinery, bridge material, fertilizers, rs, etc.), and its trade in iron, timber, timber, coal, and agricultural products. It was granted town rights in 1859. Pop. about 85,000.