Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Pettit” in chapter 35 of Elias Nason, McClellan's Own Story: the war for the union, the soldiers who fought it, the civilians who directed it, and his relations to them.:

... of artillery, which opened on our columns as they appeared in sight on the Keedysville road and Sharpsburg turnpike, which fire was returned by Capt. Tidball's light battery, 2d U. S. Artillery, and Pettit 's battery, 1st N. Y. Artillery. The division of Gen. Richardson, following close on the heels of the retreating foe, halted and deployed near Antietam river, on the right of the Sharpsburg road. ...
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Entity Corpus Doc Corpus Doc  
† Pettit 84 10 16 2 0 user votes
Rufus D. Pettit 16 0 8 0 0 user votes
William Pettit 10 0 0 0 0 user votes
Charles Pettit 8 0 0 0 0 user votes
Willis H. Pettit 7 0 1 0 0 user votes
George W. Pettit 6 0 0 0 0 user votes
John Pettit 6 0 2 0 0 user votes
R. D. Pettit 6 0 0 0 0 user votes
O. M. Pettit 4 0 0 0 0 user votes
Thomas S. Pettit 4 0 0 0 0 user votes
A. T. Pettit 3 0 1 0 0 user votes
C. A. Pettit 3 0 1 0 0 user votes
H. L. Pettit 3 0 1 0 0 user votes
Isaac M. Pettit 3 0 1 0 0 user votes
C. B. Pettit 2 0 0 0 0 user votes
Geo W. Pettit 2 0 0 0 0 user votes
H. B. Pettit 2 0 0 0 0 user votes
H. J. Pettit 2 0 0 0 0 user votes
Lizzie Pettit 2 0 2 0 0 user votes
Samuel Pettit 2 0 0 0 0 user votes
St Pettit 2 0 0 0 0 user votes
C. Pettit 1 0 1 0 0 user votes
E. Pettit 1 0 1 0 0 user votes
J. M. Pettit 1 0 1 0 0 user votes
Robert Pettit 1 0 1 0 0 user votes

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