Famous American Duels

9781417912087

1417912081

1929. With some account of the causes that led up to them and the men engaged. Seitz writes that the narratives he has gathered in this volume are filled with thrills and foolishness. In spite of the progress of civilization, the duel survived well up into the latter part of the last century in the United States. Contents: The Duello; The Code; Henry Phillips vs. Benjamin Woodbridge; William Whately vs. John Temple; Philip Hamilton vs. George I. Eacker; Aaron Burr vs. Alexander Hamilton; William H. Crawford vs. General John Clark; Andrew Jackson vs. Charles Dickinson; Andrew Jackson vs. the Two Bentons; Thomas H. Benton vs. Charles Lucas; James Barron vs. Stephen Decatur; Henry Clay vs. John Randolph; William J. Graves vs. Jonathan Cilley; Thomas F. Marshall vs. James Watson Webb; Thomas L. Clingman vs. William L. Yancey; and David S. Terry vs. David C. Broderick. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing.