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Hugh Mercer was born in Scotland and served as a colonel on General Forbes Expedition against Fort Duquesne in 1758, commander at Fort Pitt in 1759, colonel of the 3rd Virginia Regiment in 1776, and brigadier general in the Continental Army in 1776 before he was killed in the Battle of Princeton in 1777.
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Mercer, Pennsylvania · United States
