Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Lay” in chapter 26, page 437 of Alfred Roman, The military operations of General Beauregard in the war between the states, 1861 to 1865:

...d consider it nearly worthless, capable of exerting but little influence on the defence of Charleston. September 17th.—I inspected this day, with General Pemberton and Colonels Gonzales and Lay , the defensive lines on James Island from the Wappoo to near Secessionville — a distance of about five miles. They consist of a system of forts, redoubts, redans, and cremailleres, not very pro...
Max. Freq. Min. Freq.
Entity Corpus Doc Corpus Doc  
G. W. Lay 97 7 9 1 0 user votes
Lay 57 0 31 0 0 user votes
George W. Lay 48 0 8 0 0 user votes
John F. Lay 39 0 9 0 0 user votes
Henry C. Lay 18 0 2 0 0 user votes
J. F. Lay 9 0 3 0 0 user votes
Richard G. Lay 9 0 3 0 0 user votes
James B. Lay 6 0 0 0 0 user votes
H. S. Lay 4 0 0 0 0 user votes
J. L. Lay 3 0 1 0 0 user votes
Benjamin Lay 2 0 0 0 0 user votes
E. Lay 2 0 0 0 0 user votes
J. M. Lay 2 0 0 0 0 user votes
John L. Lay 2 0 0 0 0 user votes
John O. Lay 2 0 0 0 0 user votes
B. D. Lay 1 0 1 0 0 user votes
George Lay 1 0 1 0 0 user votes
H. C. Lay 1 0 1 0 0 user votes
Jonathan F. Lay 1 0 1 0 0 user votes
L. Lay 1 0 1 0 0 user votes

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