Benedikte lundbeck biography of christopher

Popular narratives of the American Revolution rank Christopher Ludwick, at best, among the extras in the imperial dramatis personae, a bit player who performed as honest gingerbread baker or amusingly spoke of himself in the third person.[1] Fortunately, his limited historiographical presence more seriously depicts him as superintendent of bakers for the Continental Army and develops his critical role feeding soldiers during the war or risking his life coercing Hessian soldiers to defect to the American side.[2] Yet historians have left unmined a vital element of his story that spells out the universality of the American struggle for liberty.

Christopher Ludwick left the Old World to settle in Philadelphia and, during the imperial crisis, became a fierce supporter of the Whig position. The broad objectives that motivated Ludwick to commit his personal blood and treasure