Captain Ebenezer Battle, also known as Ebenezer Battelle, represented Dedham, Massachusetts in the Great and General Court. [1] He was also a selectman in 1779. [2] Battle fought the retreating British soldiers following the battles of Lexington and Concord. [3] One of his men, Elias Haven, died at Menotomy. [3] After the fighting ended, his men walked the entire length of the battlefield, collecting weapons and burying the dead. [3]
He had one son, Ebenezer Battelle. [4] He was described as "one of the industrious honest yeomanry of the good old bay state who duly appreciated the value of learning." [4]
References
- ^ Worthington 1827, pp. 106–107.
- ^ Worthington 1827, pp. 79–81.
- ^ a b c Hanson 1976, p. 154.
- ^ a b Hildreth, Samuel Prescott (1852). Biographical and Historical Memoirs of the Early Pioneer Settlers of Ohio: With Narratives of Incidents and Occurrences in 1775. H. W. Derby. pp. 349–353. Retrieved April 26, 2021.
Works cited
- Worthington, Erastus (1827). The History of Dedham: From the Beginning of Its Settlement, in September 1635, to May 1827. Dutton and Wentworth. p. 1. Retrieved August 25, 2019.
- Hanson, Robert Brand (1976). Dedham, Massachusetts, 1635-1890. Dedham Historical Society.