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Duelling Artillerymen

Intra-regimental “Affair of Honor”: 1st South Carolina Artillery’s second-in-command takes out his superior officer It seems noteworthy when the son of the famous secessionist fire-eater Robert B. Rhett kills the nephew of John C. Calhoun, the great champion of Southern … Continue reading

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