MERCER, Hugh Weedon

Confederate

Born: November 27 1808, Fredericksburg VA

Died: June 9 1877, Baden-Baden, Germany

Pre-War Profession: Graduated West Point 1828, resigned 1835, bank cashier, militia officer.

War Service: January 1861 Col. of 1st Georgia, October 1861 Brig. Gen., commanded defenses of Savannah, commanded Mercer's Bde/Walkers' Divn (later in Cleburne's Divn) in Atlanta campaign, commanded Walker's division, relieved through illness, sent to Savannah.

Post War: Banker, commission merchant.