Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Nims” in chapter 3, page 64 of Caroline E. Whitcomb, History of the Second Massachusetts Battery of Light Artillery (Nims' Battery): 1861-1865, compiled from records of the Rebellion, official reports, diaries and rosters:

...re unable to leave until the 13th. On that day General Lee moved with his command in advance of the regular army. His force consisted of the 1st, 3d, 4th and 5th brigades of the cavalry division, Nims ' Battery of 6 guns—Rawles' Battery of 4 guns—and a battery of mountain howitzers manned by a company of 6th Missouri Cavalry, all equipped as horse artillery, a total of about 3300. The...
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Entity Corpus Doc Corpus Doc  
O. F. Nims 114 112 0 0 0 user votes
Ormand F. Nims 76 57 16 13 0 user votes
Nims 45 0 5 0 0 user votes
Ormand Nims 41 41 1 1 0 user votes
Godfrey Nims 10 10 0 0 0 user votes
Ormond F. Nims 8 0 0 0 0 user votes
E. D. Nims 5 5 1 1 0 user votes
Henry G. Nims 4 0 0 0 0 user votes
David Brigham Nims 2 2 0 0 0 user votes
Frederick Nims 2 2 0 0 0 user votes
Philander Nims 2 2 0 0 0 user votes
M. E. Nims 1 0 1 0 0 user votes

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