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Hugh Mercer (January 16, 1726 – January 12, 1777) was a 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
Hugh Weedon Mercer (November 27, 1808 – June 9, 1877) was an...
- Hugh W. Mercer
Following the Patriot victory at Trenton, New Jersey, Mercer led a vanguard of 350 soldiers toward Princeton, New Jersey with orders from Washington to destroy the Stony Brook Bridge. On January 3, 1777, Mercer met a larger British force under the command of Col. Charles Mawhood at Clarke’s Orchard.
3 de ene. de 2021 · Hugh Mercer, mortally wounded at the Battle of Princeton, is one of the most fascinating figures of the early Revolutionary War. This is the story of his journey - from fighting as a young medic in the Jacobite ranks at Culloden (1746) to his final battle on the outskirts of Princeton.
28 de may. de 2022 · General Hugh Mercer was an officer in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War. He fought in the early battles of the New York-New Jersey Campaign and was mortally wounded at the Battle of Princeton.
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By the mid-1770s, Hugh Mercer was one of the largest landowners in the Fredericksburg area. He owned three lots totaling five and a half acres in the town of Fredericksburg, plus two homes and a stable. He purchased the 600-acre Ferry Farm, George’s boyhood home, from the Washington family.
Hugh Mercer was a clear-cut choice for senior leadership in both his state’s and the new nation’s military forces. During the Gunpowder Plot in the spring of 1775, Mercer sought to coordinate his own militia company with those of neighbouring counties and march on Williamsburg with George Washington at their head.
