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  2. Dueling in the Southern United States - Wikipedia

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    "Duelling in old New Orleans" (1950) Dueling was a common practice in the Southern United States from the 17th century until the end of the American Civil War in 1865. Although the duel largely disappeared in the early nineteenth century in the North, it remained a common practice in the South (as well as the West) until the battlefield experience of the American Civil War changed public ...

  3. List of Confederate duels - Wikipedia

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    Due to the tradition of dueling in the Southern United States there were a number of duels during the American Civil War between Confederate States military officers and/or politicians. Following the Marmaduke–Walker duel , the Southern Unionist Nashville Daily Union commented approvingly on the trend: "To which we say, Amen!

  4. List of duels in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Levy had previously participated in another quick-draw duel with gunfighter Michael Casey, who challenged him in an alleyway in Pioche, Nevada. March 22, 1882: Wyatt Earp killed an outlaw named Florentino "Indian Charlie" Cruz in a duel in the Dragoon Mountains of southeastern Arizona. Although the actual events are still debated by historians ...

  5. DeSoto Island - Wikipedia

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    [1] Among the notable duels conducted there, some of which attracted great crowds, were shootouts between Seargent S. Prentiss and Henry S. Foote, and "Mr. Cunningham of South Carolina" and Alexander Duvall, [2] and the duel where the "Black Knight of the South," Alexander K. McClung, killed John Menifee, brother of Kentucky congressman Richard ...

  6. Duel - Wikipedia

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    Dueling largely fell out of favour in England by the mid-19th century and in Continental Europe by the turn of the 20th century. Dueling declined in the Eastern United States in the 19th century and by the time of the American Civil War, dueling had begun to wane even in the South. [5] Public opinion, not legislation, caused the change. [5]

  7. Rough and tumble fighting - Wikipedia

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    Rough and tumble fighting (Rough-and-tumble) was a form of fighting in rural portions of the United States, primarily in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.It was often characterized by the objective of gouging but also included other brutally disfiguring techniques, including biting, and typically took place in order to settle disputes.

  8. List of duels - Wikipedia

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    The Duel (also known as The Point of Honor: A Military Tale) by Joseph Conrad: Two officers of Napoleon's army fight a number of duels over many years. The story was transferred to the screen in 1977 by Ridley Scott as The Duellists. The Duel, a philosophic novella by Anton Chekhov; War and Peace: Pierre and Dolokhov duel.

  9. Sandbar Fight - Wikipedia

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    The duel that became the Sandbar Fight was initially arranged over grievances between Samuel L. Wells, III, and Dr. Thomas H. Maddox, both of Alexandria, Louisiana. They agreed to a duel at a neutral site, eventually choosing a wide, sandy shoal in the middle of the Mississippi River because it was considered outside the jurisdiction of local ...