Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Porterfield” in entry state-of-virginia of Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History:

...e whole Union force was divided into two columns—one under Kelley, the other under Col. E. Dumont, of Indiana. These marched upon Philippi by different routes, over rugged hills. Kelley and Porterfield had a severe skirmish at Philippi. The Confederates, attacked by the other column, were already flying in confusion. The Union troops captured Porterfield's official papers, baggage, and arms. ...
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Entity Corpus Doc Corpus Doc  
Porterfield 134 16 36 2 0 user votes
G. A. Porterfield 46 0 4 0 0 user votes
George A. Porterfield 27 0 5 0 0 user votes
George D. Porterfield 27 0 1 0 0 user votes
George Porterfield 23 0 1 0 0 user votes
Colonel Porterfield 18 0 0 0 0 user votes
Charles Porterfield 6 0 0 0 0 user votes
G. W. Porterfield 2 0 0 0 0 user votes
Geo Porterfield 2 0 2 0 0 user votes
J. Porterfield 2 0 0 0 0 user votes
S. A. Porterfield 2 0 0 0 0 user votes
Alexander Porterfield 1 0 1 0 0 user votes
William Porterfield 1 0 1 0 0 user votes

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