Hugh Weedon Mercer
| Hugh Weedon Mercer | |
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| Born |
November 27, 1808 Fredericksburg, Virginia |
| Died | June 9, 1877 (aged 68) Baden-Baden, Germany |
| Place of burial | Bonaventure Cemetery, Savannah |
| Allegiance |
 United States of America Confederate States of America
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| Service/ |
 United States Army Confederate States Army
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| Years of service | 1828–1835 (USA) 1861–1865 (CSA) |
| Rank |
 First Lieutenant (USA) First Lieutenant (Georgia Militia) Brigadier General (CSA)
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| Unit | 2nd U.S. Artillery |
| Commands held | 10th Georgia Infantry Battalion 1st Georgia Infantry Regiment District of Georgia Mercer's Brigade |
| Battles/wars |
American Civil War - Battle of Kennesaw Mountain - Battle of Atlanta |
Hugh Weedon Mercer (November 27, 1808 – June 9, 1877) was an officer in the United States Army and then a Confederate general during the American Civil War.
Hugh W. Mercer, the son of Hugh Tenant Weedon Mercer and his wife Louisa Griffin, was born in Fredericksburg, Virginia, to a wealthy and well-known family. His grandfather and namesake Hugh Mercer of Pennsylvania had been a general under George Washington during the American Revolution. Mercer attended West Point in 1824. He was expelled for participating in the Eggnog Riot in 1826. But following a pardon by President John Quincy Adams, Mercer was permitted to graduate in 1828 (3rd out of 33).
Mercer was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the US Artillery. He spent much of his time serving in Georgia and was an aide to Maj. Gen. Winfield Scott. Mercer was promoted to first lieutenant of artillery in October 1834.
In April 1835, he resigned his commission and settled in Savannah where he married a local woman. While Mercer worked as a bank cashier, he served as an artillery officer in the Georgia Militia. He started building the Italianate-style Mercer House on Bull Street at the southwest end of Monterey Square, in Savannah. However the Civil War interrupted its construction and no Mercer ever lived there.
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