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Hugh Mercer (January 16, 1726 – January 12, 1777) was a Scottish brigadier general in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War. He fought in the New York and New Jersey campaign and was mortally wounded at the Battle of Princeton. He was born in Pitsligo, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, and studied medicine at the University of ...
Hugh W. Mercer, the son of Hugh Tenant Weedon Mercer and his wife Louisa Griffin (daughter of Cyrus Griffin), was born in Fredericksburg, Virginia, to a wealthy and well-known family. His grandfather and namesake Hugh Mercer of Scotland had been a general under George Washington during the American Revolution. Mercer attended West Point in 1824.
Hugh Mercer † Samuel Meredith (October 1777 he was commissioned General of the 4th Brigade and took part in the Battles of Brandywine and Germantown.) [56] James Moore (North Carolina Line 1st Brigade) Daniel Morgan (POW) Francis Nash † (North Carolina Line NC Brigade) John Nixon; Enoch Poor; Philippe Hubert Preudhomme de Borre
The 3rd Virginia Regiment was raised on December 28, 1775, at Alexandria, Virginia, for service with the Continental Army. [1] The 3rd Virginia's initial commander was Colonel Hugh Mercer, who was quickly promoted to brigadier general.
Mercer House (now the Mercer Williams House Museum) is located at 429 Bull Street in Savannah, Georgia. [3] Completed in 1868, it occupies the southwestern civic block of Monterey Square . The house was the scene of the 1981 killing of Danny Hansford by the home's owner Jim Williams , a story that is retold in the 1994 John Berendt book ...
Hugh Hefner's widow, Crystal Harris, surprised the Playboy founder's family and friends with her behavior during his final years alive. Despite initial skepticism about her motives when she ...
Hugh Jackman shared a rare photo of himself and his sister Zoe, and fans can’t get over the resemblance. “Wolverine and Wolverina,” one person commented on Jackman’s Instagram post.
The Mercer family is a prominent political family in U.S. history. Pages in category "Mercer family (Virginia)" The following 16 pages are in this category, out of 16 total.