No wonder his record could not be found in the Georgia file, but in the CSA file, 1st Confederate Infantry

D. F. Mercer, Private, 2nd Company E, 1st Confederate Infantry, enlisted April 14, 1864 at Macon, Georgia,* recorded present September 16 1864 near Jonesboro, Ga.,** admitted Ross Hospital, Mobile, Ala. January 18, 1865, gunshot wound, returned to duty February 1, 1865, his file contains correspondence between the Adjutant General, War Department, with the Georgia Commissioner of Pensions, May 17, 1916

* Enlisted in 2nd Company E, 1st Confederate Georgia Infantry, also known as 1st Confederate Infantry. Originally the 36th (Villepigue’s) Regiment Georgia Infantry. Consolidated with others April, 1865 to form the 1st Confederate Battalion Georgia Infantry

** No further muster rolls on file

M258: Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations Raised Directly by the Confederate Government.