ÿþ<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-16"?> <HTML version="1.0" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head> <meta name="description" content="Society of the Cincinnati" /> <link rel="stylesheet" href="..\CSS\Cinnweb.css" /> <TITLE> Pennsylvania Cincinnati Military History - Ebenezer Denny</TITLE> </head> <BODY bgcolor="#ECDFB9" vlink="#0000FF" topmargin="0" leftmargin="0" width="100%"> <TABLE border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"> <TR> <TD style="height:15!important" colspan="5"> </TD> </TR> <TR> <TD width="3%"> </TD> <TD class="Verdana12BoldC" align="center" colspan="4"> Military History of Ebenezer Denny<P /></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD width="3%"> </TD> <TD colspan="3"> <TABLE border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"> <TR> <TD class="Tahoma9NoBoldL" align="left" width="40%"> <a href="Officer101.html"> « Previous Officer </a> </TD> <TD class="Tahoma9NoBold" align="center" width="20%"> <a href="NameList.html">Back</a> To Officer List </TD> <TD class="Tahoma9NoBoldR" align="right" width="40%"> <a href="Officer103.html"> Next Officer » </a> </TD> </TR> <TR> <TD class="Tahoma9NoBoldL" align="left" width="40%"> (Jacob Morris DeHart) </TD> <TD align="center" width="20%"> </TD> <TD class="Tahoma9NoBoldR" align="right" width="40%"> (Jacob Dietrick) </TD> </TR> </TABLE> </TD> <TD width="3%"> </TD> </TR> <TR> <TD width="3%"> </TD> <TD align="left" class="Tahoma9NoBoldL" colspan="5" style="height:30px!important;" valign="middle"> <a href="#Commentary">Commentary</a>  <a href="#OfficerHistory">Officer History</a>  </TD> </TR> <TR> <TD width="3%"> </TD> <TD class="Tahoma11BoldL" valign="middle" colspan="4"> <a name="Commentary">COMMENTARY</a> </TD> </TR> <TR valign="top"> <TD width="3%"> </TD> <td valign="top" align="left" class="Tahoma10NoBoldL" width="69%" colspan="1">Lt. Ebenezer Denny (1761-1822), was the first mayor of the incorporated city of Pittsburgh (elected 1816). <br /><br /> Present at the Yorktown surrender, he carried his regiment's standard as they took possession of a British Fort, but "on entering the fort, Baron von Steuben, who accompanied us, took the standard from me and planted it himself." (Denny's journal)</td> <TD width="2%"> </TD> <td width="23%" align="left%"> <TABLE border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"> <TR> <TD width="100%" align="left" valign="top"> <a href="&#xA; ..\images\PA\DennyLG.jpg" target="_new"> <img align="top" border="0" src="&#xA; ..\images\PA\DennySM.gif" /> </a> </TD> </TR> <TR> <TD width="100%" align="left" valign="top" class="Tahoma9Bold">Lieutenant Ebenezer Denny</TD> </TR> <TR> <TD width="100%" align="left" valign="top" class="Verdana8Blue">Click on picture for bigger view.</TD> </TR> <TR /> </TABLE> </td> <TD width="3%"> </TD> </TR> <TR> <TD width="3%"> </TD> <TD class="Tahoma11BoldL" align="center" colspan="4"> <a name="OfficerHistory">Officer History</a> </TD> </TR> <TR> <TD width="3%"> </TD> <TD colspan="3"> <TABLE border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"> <THEAD> <TD width="1%"> </TD> <TD class="Verdana10BoldL" width="14%">Date</TD> <TD width="1%"> </TD> <TD class="Verdana10BoldL" width="12%">Rank</TD> <TD width="1%"> </TD> <TD class="Verdana10BoldL" width="18%">Unit</TD> <TD width="1%"> </TD> <TD class="Verdana10BoldL" width="18%">Military Action</TD> <TD width="1%"> </TD> <TD class="Verdana10BoldL" width="17%">Position</TD> <TD width="1%"> </TD> <TD class="Verdana10BoldL" width="15%">Status</TD> </THEAD> <TR> <TD width="1%"> </TD> <TD class="Tahoma9NoBoldL" valign="top" width="14%">21 Jul 1780</TD> <TD width="1%"> </TD> <TD class="Tahoma9NoBoldL" valign="top" width="12%">Ensign</TD> <TD width="1%"> </TD> <TD class="Tahoma9NoBoldL" valign="top" width="18%"> <a href="&#xA; 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