Ebenezer Denny | |
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1st Mayor of Pittsburgh | |
In office 1816–1817 | |
Preceded by | William Steele, as Chief Burgess of Pittsburgh Borough |
Succeeded by | John Darragh |
Personal details | |
Born | Carlisle, Pennsylvania | March 11, 1761
Died | July 21, 1822 | (aged 61)
Military service | |
Allegiance | United States |
Branch/service | Continental Army United States Army |
Years of service | 1778–1783, 1784–1792, 1794 |
Rank | Captain (US Army), Major (Militia) |
Battles/wars | American Revolutionary War Northwest Indian War |
Ebenezer Denny (March 11, 1761 – July 21, 1822) was a soldier during the American Revolutionary War whose journal is one of the most frequently quoted accounts of the surrender of the British at the siege of Yorktown. Denny later served as the first Mayor of Pittsburgh, from 1816 to 1817.