Mercer, George Anderson, 1835-1907.

George Anderson Mercer (1835-1907) was a Confederate officer and lawyer of Savannah, Ga. He was a student in Savannah, Ga., and New Haven, Conn., at Princeton University, and at the University of Virginia, where he studied law. His military experiences include the Atlanta Campaign, 1864; service with Mercer's and Wright's division in Georgia and South Carolina; and his capture in Macon, Ga. Early in the Civil War Mercer married Nannie Maury Herndon of Fredereicksburg, Va. After the war he practiced law in Savannah.

From the guide to the George Anderson Mercer Diary, 1851-1889, (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.)

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