Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Shanks” in chapter 14 of Col. John C. Moore, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 9.2, Missouri:

...n killed. That night Shelby's scouts and Shanks' scouts met. The two commands were camped not five miles apart. About as quickly as a tired horse could travel five miles, Shelby was informed of Shanks ' safety, and he at once aroused his camp and a shout went up that could have been heard for miles around. And then, at midnight, he marched with all his command to Shanks' camp and, tired as they a...
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Entity Corpus Doc Corpus Doc  
David Shanks 57 47 11 7 0 user votes
Shanks 71 0 19 0 0 user votes
W. F. G. Shanks 16 0 0 0 0 user votes
J. T. Shanks 14 0 0 0 0 user votes
Q. C. Shanks 13 0 1 0 0 user votes
J. F. Shanks 12 0 0 0 0 user votes
Daniel Shanks 8 0 4 0 0 user votes
John T. Shanks 6 0 0 0 0 user votes
William Shanks 6 0 0 0 0 user votes
John Shanks 4 0 0 0 0 user votes
G. W. Shanks 2 0 0 0 0 user votes
George T. Shanks 2 0 0 0 0 user votes
J. P. C. Shanks 2 0 0 0 0 user votes
L. R. Shanks 2 0 0 0 0 user votes
Thomas Shanks 2 0 2 0 0 user votes
Tillman Shanks 2 0 0 0 0 user votes
William F. G. Shanks 2 0 0 0 0 user votes
William Franklin Gore Shanks 2 0 0 0 0 user votes
Lewis Shanks 1 0 1 0 0 user votes
Louis Shanks 1 0 1 0 0 user votes
Thos Shanks 1 0 1 0 0 user votes

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