Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Merritt” in chapter 1, page 23 of The Photographic History of The Civil War: in ten volumes, Thousands of Scenes Photographed 1861-65, with Text by many Special Authorities, Volume 4: The Cavalry:

...hed to the Reserve Brigade under General Wesley Merritt. The troopers took part in the first battle of Bull Run, were at the siege of Yorktown, fought at Gaines' Mill and Beverly Ford, served under Merritt on the right at Gettysburg, and did their duty at Yellow Tavern, Trevilian Station, and in the Shenandoah Valley under Sheridan; and they were present at Appomattox.
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Entity Corpus Doc Corpus Doc  
† Wesley Merritt 1,219 51 51 5 0 user votes
Merritt 230 0 42 0 0 user votes
Henry Merritt 41 0 5 0 0 user votes
T. M. Merritt 39 0 5 0 0 user votes
W. Merritt 39 0 3 0 0 user votes
C. M. Merritt 34 0 0 0 0 user votes
Robert B. Merritt 29 0 1 0 0 user votes
William H. Merritt 26 0 2 0 0 user votes
Charles M. Merritt 22 0 10 0 0 user votes
Winchester Merritt 22 0 0 0 0 user votes
M. Merritt 20 0 0 0 0 user votes
Columbia Merritt 16 0 0 0 0 user votes
W. J. Merritt 11 0 1 0 0 user votes
John A. Merritt 10 0 0 0 0 user votes
N. T. Merritt 9 0 1 0 0 user votes
Gen Merritt 8 0 0 0 0 user votes
H. A. D. Merritt 7 0 1 0 0 user votes
Andrew J. Merritt 6 0 0 0 0 user votes
Arthur T. Merritt 6 0 0 0 0 user votes
Charles Melville Merritt 6 0 0 0 0 user votes
E. D. Merritt 6 0 0 0 0 user votes
Edwin R. Merritt 6 0 0 0 0 user votes
Eland Merritt 6 0 0 0 0 user votes
Fanning S. Merritt 6 0 0 0 0 user votes
George W. Merritt 6 0 0 0 0 user votes
J. S. Merritt 6 0 0 0 0 user votes
Mahlon M. Merritt 6 0 0 0 0 user votes
Conwell Merritt 5 0 1 0 0 user votes
Lucy Merritt 5 0 1 0 0 user votes
Amos Merritt 4 0 0 0 0 user votes
E. L. Merritt 4 0 0 0 0 user votes
F. E. Merritt 4 0 0 0 0 user votes
Henry A. Merritt 4 0 0 0 0 user votes
John S. Merritt 4 0 0 0 0 user votes
L. J. Merritt 4 0 0 0 0 user votes
Obadiah Merritt 4 0 0 0 0 user votes
Samuel H. Merritt 4 0 0 0 0 user votes
Anna Lea Merritt 3 0 1 0 0 user votes
T. Merritt 3 0 1 0 0 user votes
Andrew Merritt 2 0 0 0 0 user votes
B. Merritt 2 0 0 0 0 user votes
Connell Merritt 2 0 0 0 0 user votes
Cornwell Merritt 2 0 0 0 0 user votes
De Merritt 2 0 0 0 0 user votes
George R. Merritt 2 0 0 0 0 user votes
Henry C. Merritt 2 0 0 0 0 user votes
Isaac N. Merritt 2 0 0 0 0 user votes
J. B. Merritt 2 0 0 0 0 user votes
J. L. Merritt 2 0 0 0 0 user votes
J. M. Merritt 2 0 0 0 0 user votes
J. N. Merritt 2 0 0 0 0 user votes
James B. Merritt 2 0 0 0 0 user votes
James L. Merritt 2 0 0 0 0 user votes
Jas S. Merritt 2 0 0 0 0 user votes
Jennie Merritt 2 0 0 0 0 user votes
Jonathan A. Merritt 2 0 0 0 0 user votes
Josephine De Merritt 2 0 0 0 0 user votes
R. A. P. Merritt 2 0 0 0 0 user votes
Simeon Merritt 2 0 0 0 0 user votes
Thomas M. Merritt 2 0 2 0 0 user votes
W. A. Merritt 2 0 0 0 0 user votes
H. C. Merritt 1 0 1 0 0 user votes
Joe Merritt 1 0 1 0 0 user votes
Joshua Merritt 1 0 1 0 0 user votes
Lewis Merritt 1 0 1 0 0 user votes
Mary T. Merritt 1 0 1 0 0 user votes
Nathaniel Merritt 1 0 1 0 0 user votes
William Merritt 1 0 1 0 0 user votes

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