Statistics for occurrence #1 of “John Lear” in chapter 36 of Admiral David D. Porter, The Naval History of the Civil War.:

... Pelton and W. H. Crawford. Acting-Lieutenant, Robert Townsend; Assistant Surgeon, Wm. B. Mann; Acting-Assistant Paymaster, Frank W. Hackett; Acting-Masters, W. N. Welles, Milford Rogers and John Lear ; Acting-Ensign, R. W. Rountree; Acting Master's Mate, John Quevedo; Engineers: Acting-Second-Assistant, L. W. Simonds; Acting-Third-Assistants, C. C. Davis, H. D. Heiser, W. A. Windsor and J. W. Savi...
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John Lear 11 8 1 0 0 user votes
John Leary 9 0 1 0 0 user votes
John Learman 2 0 0 0 0 user votes

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