Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Mathew Roche” in article 2 of The Daily Dispatch: September 17, 1861., [Electronic resource]:
...esentation by Gov. Curtin, three members of the Lochanan Rifle Guards, Seventh Pennsylvania (reserve) Regiment, were examining a pistol, when it was accidentally discharged, and one of the men, named Mathew Roche , was instantly killed.
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