Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Pat” in article 3 of The Daily Dispatch: October 30, 1863., [Electronic resource]:
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--The color-bearer of the 10th Tennessee, (Irish,) having been shot down in the battle of Chickamauga, the colonel ordered one of the privates to take the colors.
Pat , who was loading at the time replied: "By St. Patrick, Colonel, there's so much good shooting here I haven't a minute's time to waste fooling with that thing.'
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