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Ebenezer Learned
Ebenezer Learned (April 18, 1728 – April 1, 1801) was a brigadier general in the American Continental Army during the Revolutionary War.
He was the son of Ebenezer and Deborah Haynes Learned, and was born at Oxford, Massachusetts. On October 5, 1749, he married Jerusha Baker. They had ten children. When his grandfather died in 1750, he inherited 200 acres (0.8 km2) known as Prospect Hill, and built his home there. Following Jerusha's death, Learned remarried on May 23, 1800, to Eliphal Putnam of Worcester.
Learned was an active member of the local militia, and raised and drilled a company at Oxford during the French and Indian War. In the summer of 1756 he led his company to Fort Edward at Lake George. He fell ill with smallpox in 1757, an event that conferred immunity and would be critical to his later Revolutionary War service.
After that war, he remained at home for several years, farming his land. He was prominent in both church and community, and served as a town selectman for 25 of the years between 1758 and 1794. He also served as "town moderator, assessor and justice of the peace".
He remained active in the militia, and led his own and a neighboring company of minutemen to Boston "Two days after the Battle of Lexington and Concord" on April 19, 1775. On April 24, the Massachusetts committee of safety named him a colonel and authorized him to organize a regiment that was known as Learned's Regiment. His regiment was adopted into the Continental Army in June, and was later designated the 3rd Continental Regiment.
By the end of the Siege of Boston, General Washington had given Learned command of the important Dorchester Heights position. Primary source letters confirm Learned was at "Nuke Hill (Dorchester point)" and in correspondence with Washington regarding the position. When the British evacuated Boston on March 17, 1776, Colonel Learned was the first to enter the city. He led a battalion of 500 men to secure the city. His selection for this duty was a logical military decision, as his 1757 bout with smallpox made him an immune commander for a mission where biological traps were a serious concern.
Learned resigned in May 1776 due to ill health. A 1778 letter and surgeon's certificate later confirmed this "ill health" was a "Breach" (hernia) he "received while he commanded a Regiment... in the year 1775" during the Siege of Boston. This debilitating, service-related injury would plague him for the rest of his career.
He returned to duty on April 2, 1777. He was named a brigadier general and assigned to the Northern Department. In the first phase of the Battle of Saratoga, the Battle of Freeman's Farm, his brigade's performance was ineffective. Military histories note that "Learned's reinforcements got lost in the woods and missed most of the battle."
Ebenezer Learned
Ebenezer Learned (April 18, 1728 – April 1, 1801) was a brigadier general in the American Continental Army during the Revolutionary War.
He was the son of Ebenezer and Deborah Haynes Learned, and was born at Oxford, Massachusetts. On October 5, 1749, he married Jerusha Baker. They had ten children. When his grandfather died in 1750, he inherited 200 acres (0.8 km2) known as Prospect Hill, and built his home there. Following Jerusha's death, Learned remarried on May 23, 1800, to Eliphal Putnam of Worcester.
Learned was an active member of the local militia, and raised and drilled a company at Oxford during the French and Indian War. In the summer of 1756 he led his company to Fort Edward at Lake George. He fell ill with smallpox in 1757, an event that conferred immunity and would be critical to his later Revolutionary War service.
After that war, he remained at home for several years, farming his land. He was prominent in both church and community, and served as a town selectman for 25 of the years between 1758 and 1794. He also served as "town moderator, assessor and justice of the peace".
He remained active in the militia, and led his own and a neighboring company of minutemen to Boston "Two days after the Battle of Lexington and Concord" on April 19, 1775. On April 24, the Massachusetts committee of safety named him a colonel and authorized him to organize a regiment that was known as Learned's Regiment. His regiment was adopted into the Continental Army in June, and was later designated the 3rd Continental Regiment.
By the end of the Siege of Boston, General Washington had given Learned command of the important Dorchester Heights position. Primary source letters confirm Learned was at "Nuke Hill (Dorchester point)" and in correspondence with Washington regarding the position. When the British evacuated Boston on March 17, 1776, Colonel Learned was the first to enter the city. He led a battalion of 500 men to secure the city. His selection for this duty was a logical military decision, as his 1757 bout with smallpox made him an immune commander for a mission where biological traps were a serious concern.
Learned resigned in May 1776 due to ill health. A 1778 letter and surgeon's certificate later confirmed this "ill health" was a "Breach" (hernia) he "received while he commanded a Regiment... in the year 1775" during the Siege of Boston. This debilitating, service-related injury would plague him for the rest of his career.
He returned to duty on April 2, 1777. He was named a brigadier general and assigned to the Northern Department. In the first phase of the Battle of Saratoga, the Battle of Freeman's Farm, his brigade's performance was ineffective. Military histories note that "Learned's reinforcements got lost in the woods and missed most of the battle."