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List of Confederate duels

March 19, 2024

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.

According to Ben Truman's history of dueling in America, "A singular affair was that between Lieutenant Lanier, of Bishop and General Polk's staff, and a wagonmaster of the same (Confederate) corps. Lanier was a very dressy but a gallant fellow, and while executing some order, or attempting to, he incurred the displeasure of an irascible wagonmaster, one morning, who said menacingly to Lanier, 'If you didn't have on so much gold braid, I'd challenge you to fight.' 'You would, eh?" replied Lanier, who at once tore off his jacket and added, 'Come on, then; we're equal!' In ten minutes the parties had taken their positions, with revolvers, at twelve paces, and at the first shot Lanier fell severely wounded." (Portrait of Lt. John S. Lanier of Co. K, 14th Mississippi Infantry Regiment, Liljenquist collection, Library of Congress)

Following the Marmaduke–Walker duel, the Southern Unionist Nashville Daily Union commented approvingly on the trend: "To which we say, Amen! Can't the rebels get up a few nice little duel parties between Jeff Davis and Stephens, Bragg and Joe Johnston, Harris and Polk? It would afford an agreeable variety to the tremendous wholesale fights which ever and anon shake the land."[1] According to historian William Oliver Stevens, there were no duels between officers of the U.S. Army or U.S. Navy during the American Civil War.[2][a][b]

Confederate duels
Duellist Duellist Date Place Outcome Notes
St. Clair Morgan George S. Storrs March 20, 1861 Florida – near Fort McRee, Pensacola Morgan wounded[5] Main article: Morgan–Storrs duel
Lieutenant John S. Lanier Unidentified "wagonmaster of his corps" Between May 20, 1861 and July 9, 1863[6][7] Place unknown Lanier wounded[8]
William A. Lake Henry Cousins Chambers October 16, 1861 Arkansas Lake killed[9] Rival candidates for Confederate Congress[10]
Doctor Forward, a sutler[11] Lieutenant Alfred H. Jones[12] December 24, 1861 Virginia – near Young's Mill, on the Peninsula Both killed[13] Rifles at 40 paces;[11] the duel resulted from a "quarrel about the price of a box of candles."[13]
Major Alfred M. Rhett Colonel William Ransom Calhoun[c] September 5, 1862 South Carolina – Charleston Calhoun killed[16] Calhoun, a relation of John C. Calhoun, was Rhett's superior officer at Fort Sumter.[16]
Captain John Cussons Jr. Major Alfred Horatio Belo April 1863 Virginia – near Suffolk Belo wounded[17]
Captain George Moody Captain Pichegru Woolfolk July 2, 1863 Pennsylvania No duel[18] Planned but forestalled by the Battle of Gettysburg[18][19]
Major General John S. Marmaduke Brigadier General Lucius M. Walker September 6, 1863 Arkansas Walker killed Main article: Marmaduke–Walker duel
Lieutenant William H. Dorsey Mr. Adler of Baltimore[d] December 13, 1863 Maryland – near Bowling Green, Caroline County Adler killed[21]
Captain Smith Lieutenant Scott December 16, 1863 Virginia Scott killed[22]
Major William F. Rapley Major Albert Belding October 18, 1864 Missouri Belding wounded[23]
Edward C. Elmore John Moncure Daniel August 16, 1864 Virginia Daniel wounded[24] Daniel participated in a number of duels during his lifetime.[25]
Private Marx Cohen Jr. Private Thomas R. Chew March 19, 1865 North Carolina No injuries[26] Said to be the final duel of the Confederacy; their seconds put blanks in their pistols, both walked away unharmed, and both were killed later that day at Battle of Bentonville.[26]

Notes edit

  1. ^ Union General Jefferson C. Davis did murder General Bull Nelson at the Galt House hotel in Louisville in 1862, but not in duel format.[3]
  2. ^ Confederate general Earl Van Dorn was murdered during the war; three other Confederate generals died by interpersonal violence, bushwhacking, or assassination after the war: William F. Brantley, James Holt Clanton, and Thomas C. Hindman.[4]
  3. ^ His branch of the family sometime used the older spelling Colhoun.[14][15]
  4. ^ Philip Adler?[20]

References edit

  1. ^ "Duel between Confederate generals". The Nashville Daily Union. October 2, 1863. p. 2. Retrieved 2023-09-06.
  2. ^ Stevens, William Oliver (1940). Pistols at Ten Paces: The Story of the Code of Honor in America. Boston: Houghton Mifflin. pp. 247 (Cussons–Belo), 250 (no Union duels) – via Internet Archive.
  3. ^ Lyons, Chuck (Spring 2019). "FATAL ENCOUNTER: Generals JEFFERSON C. DAVIS and WILLIAM 'BULL' NELSON". Traces of Indiana and Midwestern History. Indiana Historical Society. 31 (2): 35+. ISSN 1040-788X – via Gale Academic OneFile.
  4. ^ Saclarides, Theodore J. (August 2007). "Morbidity and Mortality of the Confederate Generals during the American Civil War". The American Surgeon. 73 (8): 760–764. doi:10.1177/000313480707300805. ISSN 0003-1348. PMID 17879680. S2CID 39457989.  
  5. ^ Ramage, James A. (1986). Rebel Raider: The Life of General John Hunt Morgan. Lexington, Ky.: University Press of Kentucky. p. 9. ISBN 9780813146348.
  6. ^ Coddington, Ronald S. (2020). "John Summerfield Lanier: A Fraternity Pioneer is Surrendered at Port Hudson". Civil War Men and Women: Glimpses of Their Lives Through Photography. Library of Congress Research Guides. from the original on 2023-05-30. Retrieved 2023-09-07.
  7. ^ "John S Lanier, 1861-1865", United States Confederate Officers Card Index, 1861-1865 – via FamilySearch
  8. ^ Truman, Benjamin C. (1884). The field of honor: being a complete and comprehensive history of duelling in all countries. New York: Fords, Howard & Hulbert. pp. 371–373. hdl:2027/yale.39002001565879. OL 20475037M – via HathiTrust.
  9. ^ "From Arkansas". The Des Arc Weekly Citizen. Des Arc, Ark. October 23, 1861. p. 1. Retrieved 2023-09-06 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "Fatal Duel Between Mississippians". The Charleston Mercury. October 17, 1861. p. 1. Retrieved 2023-09-06 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ a b "From Norfolk". The Macon Telegraph. December 31, 1861. p. 3. Retrieved 2023-09-07 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ "Alfred H Jones, 1861-1865", United States Confederate Officers Card Index, 1861-1865 – via FamilySearch
  13. ^ a b "Fatal duel". Memphis Daily Appeal. January 5, 1862. p. 2. Retrieved 2023-09-06 – via Newspapers.com.
  14. ^ McPherson, Lewin Dwinell; McPherson, Elizabeth Weir (1957). Calhoun, Hamilton, Baskin, and related families. Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center. Typescript – via Internet Archive.
  15. ^ "Entry for William Ransom or W R Calhoun". United States Confederate Officers Card Index, 1861-1865 – via FamilySearch.
  16. ^ a b Horres, C. Russell (2001). "An Affair of Honor at Fort Sumter". South Carolina Historical Magazine. Charleston: South Carolina Historical Society. 102 (1): 6–26. ISSN 0038-3082. JSTOR 27570478.
  17. ^ Hoyle, Joseph J. (2010). Girvan, Jeffrey M. (ed.). Deliver Us from This Cruel War: The Civil War Letters of Lieutenant Joseph J. Hoyle, 55th North Carolina Infantry. McFarland & Company. p. 36. ISBN 978-0786456048.
  18. ^ a b Kelly, C. Brian (March 1, 2010). Best Little Stories from the Civil War: More than 100 true stories. Sourcebooks, Inc. ISBN 978-1-4022-4710-1.
  19. ^ Alexander, Edward Porter (1998). Fighting for the Confederacy: The Personal Recollections of General Edward Porter Alexander. Chapel Hill, N.C.: University of North Carolina Press. p. 161. ISBN 978-0-8078-4722-0.
  20. ^ "Archives of Maryland, Volume 0564, Page 0014 - Matchett's Baltimore Director For 1853-54". msa.maryland.gov. Retrieved 2023-12-30.
  21. ^ "MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS; GEN. MORGAN". From the Richmond Examiner, Dec. 14. The New York Times. December 20, 1863. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-09-10.
  22. ^ "The Daily Dispatch: December 28, 1863., [Electronic resource], Fatal duel". perseus.tufts.edu. Retrieved 2023-09-06.
  23. ^ Sinisi, Kyle S. (2015). The Last Hurrah: Sterling Price's Missouri Expedition of 1864. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 144. ISBN 978-0742545366.
  24. ^ "A duel this morning". The Montgomery Advertiser. Montgomery, Ala. August 17, 1864. p. 2. Retrieved 2023-09-06 – via Newspapers.com.
  25. ^ Bridges, Peter (Winter 2002). "Pen of Fire". Virginia Quarterly Review. Vol. 78, no. 1. University of Virginia. ISSN 0042-675X.
  26. ^ a b Broadwater, Robert P. (2004). Battle of Despair: Bentonville and the North Carolina Campaign. Mercer University Press. pp. 112–113. ISBN 978-0-86554-821-3. LCCN 2004003009.

Further reading edit

  • Wells, C.A. (May 1, 2001). "The End of the Affair? Anti-Dueling Laws and Social Norms in Antebellum America". Vanderbilt Law Review. 54 (4): 1805.

March 19, 2024
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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 According to Ben Truman s history of dueling in America A singular affair was that between Lieutenant Lanier of Bishop and General Polk s staff and a wagonmaster of the same Confederate corps Lanier was a very dressy but a gallant fellow and while executing some order or attempting to he incurred the displeasure of an irascible wagonmaster one morning who said menacingly to Lanier If you didn t have on so much gold braid I d challenge you to fight You would eh replied Lanier who at once tore off his jacket and added Come on then we re equal In ten minutes the parties had taken their positions with revolvers at twelve paces and at the first shot Lanier fell severely wounded Portrait of Lt John S Lanier of Co K 14th Mississippi Infantry Regiment Liljenquist collection Library of Congress Following the Marmaduke Walker duel the Southern Unionist Nashville Daily Union commented approvingly on the trend To which we say Amen Can t the rebels get up a few nice little duel parties between Jeff Davis and Stephens Bragg and Joe Johnston Harris and Polk It would afford an agreeable variety to the tremendous wholesale fights which ever and anon shake the land 1 According to historian William Oliver Stevens there were no duels between officers of the U S Army or U S Navy during the American Civil War 2 a b Confederate duels Duellist Duellist Date Place Outcome NotesSt Clair Morgan George S Storrs March 20 1861 Florida near Fort McRee Pensacola Morgan wounded 5 Main article Morgan Storrs duelLieutenant John S Lanier Unidentified wagonmaster of his corps Between May 20 1861 and July 9 1863 6 7 Place unknown Lanier wounded 8 William A Lake Henry Cousins Chambers October 16 1861 Arkansas Lake killed 9 Rival candidates for Confederate Congress 10 Doctor Forward a sutler 11 Lieutenant Alfred H Jones 12 December 24 1861 Virginia near Young s Mill on the Peninsula Both killed 13 Rifles at 40 paces 11 the duel resulted from a quarrel about the price of a box of candles 13 Major Alfred M Rhett Colonel William Ransom Calhoun c September 5 1862 South Carolina Charleston Calhoun killed 16 Calhoun a relation of John C Calhoun was Rhett s superior officer at Fort Sumter 16 Captain John Cussons Jr Major Alfred Horatio Belo April 1863 Virginia near Suffolk Belo wounded 17 Captain George Moody Captain Pichegru Woolfolk July 2 1863 Pennsylvania No duel 18 Planned but forestalled by the Battle of Gettysburg 18 19 Major General John S Marmaduke Brigadier General Lucius M Walker September 6 1863 Arkansas Walker killed Main article Marmaduke Walker duelLieutenant William H Dorsey Mr Adler of Baltimore d December 13 1863 Maryland near Bowling Green Caroline County Adler killed 21 Captain Smith Lieutenant Scott December 16 1863 Virginia Scott killed 22 Major William F Rapley Major Albert Belding October 18 1864 Missouri Belding wounded 23 Edward C Elmore John Moncure Daniel August 16 1864 Virginia Daniel wounded 24 Daniel participated in a number of duels during his lifetime 25 Private Marx Cohen Jr Private Thomas R Chew March 19 1865 North Carolina No injuries 26 Said to be the final duel of the Confederacy their seconds put blanks in their pistols both walked away unharmed and both were killed later that day at Battle of Bentonville 26 Notes edit Union General Jefferson C Davis did murder General Bull Nelson at the Galt House hotel in Louisville in 1862 but not in duel format 3 Confederate general Earl Van Dorn was murdered during the war three other Confederate generals died by interpersonal violence bushwhacking or assassination after the war William F Brantley James Holt Clanton and Thomas C Hindman 4 His branch of the family sometime used the older spelling Colhoun 14 15 Philip Adler 20 References edit Duel between Confederate generals The Nashville Daily Union October 2 1863 p 2 Retrieved 2023 09 06 Stevens William Oliver 1940 Pistols at Ten Paces The Story of the Code of Honor in America Boston Houghton Mifflin pp 247 Cussons Belo 250 no Union duels via Internet Archive Lyons Chuck Spring 2019 FATAL ENCOUNTER Generals JEFFERSON C DAVIS and WILLIAM BULL NELSON Traces of Indiana and Midwestern History Indiana Historical Society 31 2 35 ISSN 1040 788X via Gale Academic OneFile Saclarides Theodore J August 2007 Morbidity and Mortality of the Confederate Generals during the American Civil War The American Surgeon 73 8 760 764 doi 10 1177 000313480707300805 ISSN 0003 1348 PMID 17879680 S2CID 39457989 nbsp Ramage James A 1986 Rebel Raider The Life of General John Hunt Morgan Lexington Ky University Press of Kentucky p 9 ISBN 9780813146348 Coddington Ronald S 2020 John Summerfield Lanier A Fraternity Pioneer is Surrendered at Port Hudson Civil War Men and Women Glimpses of Their Lives Through Photography Library of Congress Research Guides Archived from the original on 2023 05 30 Retrieved 2023 09 07 John S Lanier 1861 1865 United States Confederate Officers Card Index 1861 1865 via FamilySearch Truman Benjamin C 1884 The field of honor being a complete and comprehensive history of duelling in all countries New York Fords Howard amp Hulbert pp 371 373 hdl 2027 yale 39002001565879 OL 20475037M via HathiTrust From Arkansas The Des Arc Weekly Citizen Des Arc Ark October 23 1861 p 1 Retrieved 2023 09 06 via Newspapers com Fatal Duel Between Mississippians The Charleston Mercury October 17 1861 p 1 Retrieved 2023 09 06 via Newspapers com a b From Norfolk The Macon Telegraph December 31 1861 p 3 Retrieved 2023 09 07 via Newspapers com Alfred H Jones 1861 1865 United States Confederate Officers Card Index 1861 1865 via FamilySearch a b Fatal duel Memphis Daily Appeal January 5 1862 p 2 Retrieved 2023 09 06 via Newspapers com McPherson Lewin Dwinell McPherson Elizabeth Weir 1957 Calhoun Hamilton Baskin and related families Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center Typescript via Internet Archive Entry for William Ransom or W R Calhoun United States Confederate Officers Card Index 1861 1865 via FamilySearch a b Horres C Russell 2001 An Affair of Honor at Fort Sumter South Carolina Historical Magazine Charleston South Carolina Historical Society 102 1 6 26 ISSN 0038 3082 JSTOR 27570478 Hoyle Joseph J 2010 Girvan Jeffrey M ed Deliver Us from This Cruel War The Civil War Letters of Lieutenant Joseph J Hoyle 55th North Carolina Infantry McFarland amp Company p 36 ISBN 978 0786456048 a b Kelly C Brian March 1 2010 Best Little Stories from the Civil War More than 100 true stories Sourcebooks Inc ISBN 978 1 4022 4710 1 Alexander Edward Porter 1998 Fighting for the Confederacy The Personal Recollections of General Edward Porter Alexander Chapel Hill N C University of North Carolina Press p 161 ISBN 978 0 8078 4722 0 Archives of Maryland Volume 0564 Page 0014 Matchett s Baltimore Director For 1853 54 msa maryland gov Retrieved 2023 12 30 MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS GEN MORGAN From the Richmond Examiner Dec 14 The New York Times December 20 1863 ISSN 0362 4331 Retrieved 2023 09 10 The Daily Dispatch December 28 1863 Electronic resource Fatal duel perseus tufts edu Retrieved 2023 09 06 Sinisi Kyle S 2015 The Last Hurrah Sterling Price s Missouri Expedition of 1864 Rowman amp Littlefield p 144 ISBN 978 0742545366 A duel this morning The Montgomery Advertiser Montgomery Ala August 17 1864 p 2 Retrieved 2023 09 06 via Newspapers com Bridges Peter Winter 2002 Pen of Fire Virginia Quarterly Review Vol 78 no 1 University of Virginia ISSN 0042 675X a b Broadwater Robert P 2004 Battle of Despair Bentonville and the North Carolina Campaign Mercer University Press pp 112 113 ISBN 978 0 86554 821 3 LCCN 2004003009 Further reading editWells C A May 1 2001 The End of the Affair Anti Dueling Laws and Social Norms in Antebellum America Vanderbilt Law Review 54 4 1805 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title List of 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