Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Yanks” in chapter 50 of Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 7.:

...s below. A transport is towing mortar-boats behind the point;----five in number. One ship and one sloop below, and the Essex. They commenced a bombardment. May 9.--False alarm last night. Yanks shelled some, and are shelling to-day occasionally. Five mortars are planted behind the point. May 10.--Yanks bombarded the latter portion of the night. Had an artillery skirmish this morning...
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Entity Corpus Doc Corpus Doc  
Yanks 218 16 0 0 0 user votes
Specks Yanks 23 0 1 0 0 user votes
Specks De Yanks 2 0 0 0 0 user votes

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