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]

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  1. ^ Worthington 1827, pp. 106–107.
  2. ^ Worthington 1827, pp. 79–81.
  3. ^ a b c Hanson 1976, p. 154.
  4. ^ 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.

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