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Hugh Mercer (* 17. Januar 1726 in Pitsligo, Aberdeenshire; † 12. Januar 1777 in Princeton, New Jersey) war ein amerikanischer Brigadegeneral des Unabhängigkeitskrieges. Leben. Mercer wurde 1726 als Sohn von William Mercer, einem Reverend der Presbyterian Church und der Ann Monro in Schottland geboren.
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. He was born in Pitsligo, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, and studied medicine at the University of ...
3. Jan. 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.
In the summer of 1776, when British military operations shifted from New England to the Mid-Atlantic, George Washington dispatched Brigadier General Hugh Mercer to confer with the Governor of New Jersey.
Hugh Mercer was born in 1726 to Ann Monro and William Mercer, a Presbyterian Minister, near Aberdeenshire, Scotland. He earned his doctorate in medicine at the University of Aberdeen and, later, served as a surgeon in the army of Charles Edward Stuart, a spurned “pretender” to the British throne who led a Jacobite uprising to restore the ...
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.
28. Mai 2022 · January 16, 1726–January 12, 1777. 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.
