The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1888-01-26
GONEKNOK MAKMADuKt's DUEL.
killing II F"Il"W- Onicrr Nhilo the Enemy
Wcr" Advnncingo Their Troops.

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Wcr" AdvnncinEo Their Troops.
(From The ST. Louis Erpublican)
General ID. Nj. Frost has been ac-
quNinted with the dccrnS,d ever since
the opening of tho Reb, Iii III, and gave q
kepublicnn reporter m account Of the
duel between the deceased governor and
Brigadicr Gemcinl Walker, of Tennessee,
last night. At the time the duel was
fought, General Frost was in command
OF division under General Price before
Little Rock, and, as General Price was
III Memphis at that time, General Frost
was practically i'll commnud OF all the
Confederate forces at Little Rock. Gen
crai Frost relates the story or the duct in
this manner:
"Bo,h of the men were excellent gen
tlemcn and there was no necessity for II
duel. Everybody knows that Governor
Mnrmndukc belongs to an excellent fam
lily. Both bore the tj;Iu ut hrgadicr
general, and Marsh Walker was con-
II ctcd with the best families of Tcnnes-
sec. He was related to the Knox and
Folk families of that State, and his own
family was Of high standing. There was
somo jealousy existing between the two
men on account of rank. Walker was
Marmaduke'a superior in rank, but in
some manner or other jealousy arose be-
tween them and General Marmaduke
made some reference to General Walker
III conversation. 1t WAS not long until
hlarmadukc's remarks wee carried to
Walkers ears by busybodlcs. Walker
demanded that MarlEudukc make II re-
traction, which the latter refused to do.
Walker then sent challenge to General
MarmMduko to fight II duel, and he could
not do otherwise than accept the chnl-
lcn3c. The duel was fought while Steele
was mallin8 advances on Prices COM
mand, and our plckrts were actually en-
gagged with the enemy at the Time.
llStOlS were the weapons rcSOrtrl IT,,
and only one shot was fled b !
each. General Mnrmaduke's bullet
pierced Wnlkcr through the Kidneys, and
he died after lingering for several days
III great agony. General Murmaduke
escaped unhurt. The unhappy occur
rene. vas n source of much regret to him
Ven up to the present time. He never
spoke of the duel, but | know that ho
has always lamcntcd that it ever took
place. | have never real amy of the cor
rcspondcncc which passed between the
two generals on the subject, but | have
always thought, and the army generally
believed that the duel was the result of
bad infringement on the part Of tho sec
ond8 of both men. They passed through
my cnlnp rs they went out to fight the
dncl, and had known what they werc
gong to do ! would have placed both Of
them under arrest, and thus the duel
might have been avclt"d. 1t was no
tune for nn occurrences Of that kind, any
how. The enemy was advancing on oar
worlia, and we needed nll of our men for
fighting purposes.
81 think Eo was Mt one time engaged
to be married, shortly after the war
closed, to young lady Of Memphis, but
am not positive rs to that. He was
very attentive to the lady md they had
II quarrel, and if IN engagement ever OK
lstrd it WAS broken off as result Of the
quarrel Afterwards the luly married
tomo gentlcmnn in the South. The
Governor was II WoIshippcr of little
children and always seemed happy in
their presence.