Captain Ebenezer Battle, also known as Ebenezer Battelle, represented Dedham, Massachusetts in the Great and General Court.
[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.
[4] He was described as "one of the industrious honest yeomanry of the good old bay state who duly appreciated the value of learning.