Revolutionary War Continental Army Brigadier General. After the April 19, 1775 Battle of Lexington he was commissioned as a Colonel of local militia, and helped recruit a regiment to oppose the British. In June 1776 the unit was inducted into the newly-forming Continental Army, and served under General George Washington when Continental forces besieged Boston, Massachusetts. Detailed to hold the important position on Dorchester Heights, after the British abandoned the city Ebenezer Learned and his men were the first to enter it. Ill health forced him to resign his commission in May 1776, but a year later he returned to the Continental Army as a Brigadier General in command of a brigade of Massachusetts infantry. At the September 19 to October 7, 1777 Battle of Saratoga, his brigade was only light engaged at the engagement at Freeman’s Farm on September 19. However, at Bemis’ Heights he commanded his men along with Major General Benedict Arnold in a charge on British position in the center that broke the line held by Hessians, forcing them to retreat. He was with his men in the Winter 1777 to 1778 Continental Army encampment at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, but resigned again in March 1778 due to failing health. He would go on to serve in the Massachusetts Legislature, and as a Judge of Common Pleas before passing away at age seventy-two in Oxford, Massachusetts.
Revolutionary War Continental Army Brigadier General. After the April 19, 1775 Battle of Lexington he was commissioned as a Colonel of local militia, and helped recruit a regiment to oppose the British. In June 1776 the unit was inducted into the newly-forming Continental Army, and served under General George Washington when Continental forces besieged Boston, Massachusetts. Detailed to hold the important position on Dorchester Heights, after the British abandoned the city Ebenezer Learned and his men were the first to enter it. Ill health forced him to resign his commission in May 1776, but a year later he returned to the Continental Army as a Brigadier General in command of a brigade of Massachusetts infantry. At the September 19 to October 7, 1777 Battle of Saratoga, his brigade was only light engaged at the engagement at Freeman’s Farm on September 19. However, at Bemis’ Heights he commanded his men along with Major General Benedict Arnold in a charge on British position in the center that broke the line held by Hessians, forcing them to retreat. He was with his men in the Winter 1777 to 1778 Continental Army encampment at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, but resigned again in March 1778 due to failing health. He would go on to serve in the Massachusetts Legislature, and as a Judge of Common Pleas before passing away at age seventy-two in Oxford, Massachusetts.
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