Statistics for occurrence #1 of “General Peirce” in chapter 4 of William Schouler, A history of Massachusetts in the Civil War: Volume 1:

...First Division, Massachusetts Militia, and succeeded General B. F. Butler, after his promotion to major-general of volunteers, to the command of the Massachusetts three months men at Fortress Monroe. General Peirce had command of the expedition against Big Bethel, in May, 1861. On the return of the three months men, he was mustered out of service, and remained without command until he was commissioned colonel...
Max. Freq. Min. Freq.
Entity Corpus Doc Corpus Doc  

† This entity has been selected by the automated classifier as the most likely match in this context. It may or may not be the correct match.