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Confederate (CSV)

Private

John Mercer

(1815 - 1895)

Home State: Georgia

Branch of Service: Infantry

Unit: 50th Georgia Infantry

Before Sharpsburg

He was in Company H.

On the Campaign

He was wounded in action at Fox's Gap on South Mountain on 14 September 1862.

The rest of the War

In Richmond hospital 10/29/1862. Wounded in left lung, skull and both legs, and totally disabled, at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, July 1, 1863.

References & notes

Basic service information from Ranger951.

Birth

1815 in GA

Death

1895; Brooks County, GA

Notes

1   Fincham, Jr., Ray, Artillery, Cavalry, Infantry Regimental Histories - Georgia C.S.A., Published c. 2005, <http://www.ranger95.com/civil_war/georgia/index.html>, Source page: /georgia/infantry/50th_inf_regt.html  [AotW citation 3043]