Friday, April 29, 2011

A Duel

"Below is a newspaper account of a duel that took place between a Kentuckian and an Englishman in 1812 when the two countries were at the brink of war. Readers of the Niles Weekly Register, from which this clipping was taken, will detect a rising patriotic fervor."

A Duel

A Duel
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4 comments:

  1. John Robert MallerneeApril 29, 2011 at 3:51 PM

    VERY interesting!!!

    Where and how do you find this stuff?

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  2. Brock TownsendApril 29, 2011 at 3:56 PM

    :)

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  3. KurtPApril 29, 2011 at 9:43 PM

    An inch apart at 30feet (or 60? if each took ten steps) isn't bad.
    I have a .50 Cal. Trapper that's a front stuffer and it's more accurate at 25 yards than the .44 Colt Navy.

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  4. Brock TownsendApril 29, 2011 at 9:56 PM

    An inch apart at 30feet (or 60? if each took ten steps) isn't bad

    I assumed they both took 10 steps as that is how I remember duels in the past, but the way it reads, now that you have brought my attention to it, seems to indicate that they would each take only 5 steps which is much too close. I'll publish the rules from my NamSouth site in another post and thanks.

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