He initially served with Colonel Theophilus Cotton's Massachusetts Regiment during 1775. He joined as captain in April 1775, several days after the Battles of Lexington and Concord, and was promoted to major in June 1775.Heitman, Officers of the Continental Army, 32, 513. During 1776 he served with Colonel Ebenezer Learned's 3rd Continental Regiment.Heitma, Officers of the Continental Army, 20. He was subsequently promoted to lieutenant colonel of Colonel William Shepard's 4th Massachusetts Regiment and served with this regiment from January 1777 to September 1778.Heitman, Officers of the Continental Army, 37. While with this regiment, he was one of the officers who wintered at Valley Forge with General George Washington during the winter and spring of 1777 and 1778.Heitman, Officers of the Continental Army, 11. He was said to be the tallest man in his regiment. Ebenezer subsequently transferred to the 12th Massachusetts Regiment, where he served until from September 1778 through year-end 1780.Heitman, Officers of the Continental Army, 39.
