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Joseph T. Derry , A. M. , Author of School History of the United States; Story of the Confederate War, etc., Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 6, Georgia (ed. Clement Anselm Evans) 33 7 Browse Search
The Daily Dispatch: December 28, 1865., [Electronic resource] 11 1 Browse Search
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 6. (ed. Frank Moore) 8 0 Browse Search
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 17. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) 7 1 Browse Search
A Roster of General Officers , Heads of Departments, Senators, Representatives , Military Organizations, &c., &c., in Confederate Service during the War between the States. (ed. Charles C. Jones, Jr. Late Lieut. Colonel of Artillery, C. S. A.) 7 1 Browse Search
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 30. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) 5 1 Browse Search
The Photographic History of The Civil War: in ten volumes, Thousands of Scenes Photographed 1861-65, with Text by many Special Authorities, Volume 10: The Armies and the Leaders. (ed. Francis Trevelyan Miller) 4 0 Browse Search
The Daily Dispatch: January 16, 1862., [Electronic resource] 4 0 Browse Search
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 3. (ed. Frank Moore) 2 0 Browse Search
The Daily Dispatch: May 30, 1862., [Electronic resource] 1 1 Browse Search
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The Daily Dispatch: December 28, 1865., [Electronic resource], article 5 (search)
Trial of General Mercer for shooting Union soldiers. --The court martial of Brigadier-General Hugh W. Mercer, at Savannah, for the alleged murder of seven UnionBrigadier-General Hugh W. Mercer, at Savannah, for the alleged murder of seven Union soldiers, which has been going on since the 16th instant, seems to excite very little local interest. It appears that the soldiers General Mercer is charged with shGeneral Mercer is charged with shooting were originally prisoners of war, taken from the Union forces. They were released from the Southern prisons upon condition of taking the oath of allegiance to ten companies each. One of the battalions was stationed at Savannah under General Mercer. They were all styled "Foreign Battalions" by the official promulgations oaught in the act of deserting back to the Federal side, and were shot while General Mercer was in command of the post. Evidence for the prosecution is difficult to secure, and the trial has been delayed. General Mercer put in his parole by Sherman in defence, claiming United States protection under the Johnston-Sherman agreement