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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 Apothecary was an apothecary founded by Hugh Mercer in the mid-18th century. Mercer was a doctor who fled Scotland after the Battle of Culloden.He travelled to Pennsylvania, where he met Colonel George Washington during the French and Indian War and later moved to Fredericksburg, Virginia, on Washington's advice to practice medicine and operate an apothecary.
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 .
Hugh W. Mercer, officer in the United States Army and then a Confederate general during the American Civil War Malcolm Mercer , Canadian general, barrister and art patron Major Mercer of the Worcestershire horse , who played a prominent part on the Parliamentary side at the Battle of Worcester in 1651
Mercer's Fort was a temporary fort built by Colonel Hugh Mercer during the winter of 1758–1759, to secure the "forks of the Ohio," at the confluence of the Monongahela River and the Allegheny River, where Mercer was preparing to build Fort Pitt.
Hugh W. Mercer: 9, 10, 12 March Guilty – expelled on two of the four charges Remitted [66] Graduated in 1828; [80] Confederate Army general [81] Benjamin F. Gard 13 March Guilty – rank reduced from sergeant to private. Reprimanded. Permitted to keep cadet sergeant chevrons [66] [82] Thomas Swords Jr. 12 March
Mercer's horse was killed and he was attacked by two grenadiers. The British were in control of the battle at this moment. [3] Mercer would be treated for his wounds by Dr. Benjamin Rush the next day, January 4, but died on January 12 as a result, Dr. Rush believed, of a concussion caused by a musket butt to the head [6]
Charles F. Mercer (1778–1858), Virginia State Militia brigadier general; David Mercer (Royal Marines officer) (1864–1920), Royal Marines major general; Hugh Mercer (1726–1777), Continental Army brigadier general; Hugh W. Mercer (1808–1877), Confederate States Army brigadier general; Malcolm Mercer (1859–1916), Canadian Army major general