Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Mercer” in chapter 10 of Admiral David D. Porter, The Naval History of the Civil War.:

...s military and naval advisers were evidently more cautious than there was any justification for. When the President was told that the Powhatan would have to get ready very quickly, the Commander ( Mercer ) changed for Lieutenant Porter, and all the orders written without the knowledge of the Navy Department (for the reason that everything would be carried on in that department in the usual red-tape st...
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Entity Corpus Doc Corpus Doc  
† Samuel Mercer 57 23 13 1 0 user votes
Mercer 194 0 40 0 0 user votes
H. W. Mercer 116 0 12 0 0 user votes
Hugh W. Mercer 82 0 12 0 0 user votes
Hugh Mercer 40 0 4 0 0 user votes
J. T. Mercer 36 0 6 0 0 user votes
John T. Mercer 32 0 14 0 0 user votes
John Mercer 22 0 0 0 0 user votes
S. C. Mercer 12 0 0 0 0 user votes
Charles F. Mercer 10 0 0 0 0 user votes
I. J. Mercer 10 0 0 0 0 user votes
S. Mercer 10 0 0 0 0 user votes
James Mercer 9 0 1 0 0 user votes
John Francis Mercer 9 0 1 0 0 user votes
Charles Fenton Mercer 8 0 2 0 0 user votes
George A. Mercer 8 0 4 0 0 user votes
George W. Mercer 8 0 0 0 0 user votes
R. S. Mercer 8 0 2 0 0 user votes
W. Newton Mercer 8 0 2 0 0 user votes
James P. Mercer 6 0 0 0 0 user votes
T. Mercer 6 0 0 0 0 user votes
Frederick W. Mercer 4 0 0 0 0 user votes
G. D. Mercer 4 0 2 0 0 user votes
George Mercer 4 0 0 0 0 user votes
Isaac J. Mercer 4 0 0 0 0 user votes
J. Mercer 4 0 0 0 0 user votes
John Fenton Mercer 4 0 0 0 0 user votes
Smith Mercer 4 0 0 0 0 user votes
W. N. Mercer 4 0 0 0 0 user votes
T. J. Mercer 3 0 1 0 0 user votes
Thomas H. Mercer 3 0 1 0 0 user votes
Walter Mercer 3 0 1 0 0 user votes
William N. Mercer 3 0 1 0 0 user votes
Benjamin Mercer 2 0 0 0 0 user votes
C. F. Mercer 2 0 0 0 0 user votes
Ellen Mercer 2 0 0 0 0 user votes
Fenton Mercer 2 0 0 0 0 user votes
G. H. Mercer 2 0 0 0 0 user votes
George H. Mercer 2 0 0 0 0 user votes
H. Mercer 2 0 0 0 0 user votes
I. D. Mercer 2 0 0 0 0 user votes
Joseph W. Mercer 2 0 0 0 0 user votes
L. J. Mercer 2 0 0 0 0 user votes
N. W. Mercer 2 0 0 0 0 user votes
Noel Mercer 2 0 0 0 0 user votes
Robert Mercer 2 0 0 0 0 user votes
Saul Mercer 2 0 0 0 0 user votes
Thomas Mercer 2 0 0 0 0 user votes
Thos Mercer 2 0 2 0 0 user votes
W. J. Mercer 2 0 0 0 0 user votes
Walker O. Mercer 2 0 0 0 0 user votes
Welie Mercer 2 0 0 0 0 user votes
William E. Mercer 2 0 2 0 0 user votes
G. P. Mercer 1 0 1 0 0 user votes
J. F. Mercer 1 0 1 0 0 user votes
John C. Mercer 1 0 1 0 0 user votes
L. H. Mercer 1 0 1 0 0 user votes
Lawrence Mercer 1 0 1 0 0 user votes
Margaret Mercer 1 0 1 0 0 user votes
Mary Eleanor Dick Mercer 1 0 1 0 0 user votes
Tom Mercer 1 0 1 0 0 user votes
William Mercer 1 0 1 0 0 user votes
William H. Mercer 1 0 1 0 0 user votes

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