Title: Dueling in the Old South
Description: This history of the social custom of pistol dueling in the antebellum South documents the rules for its conduct, its causes, and its typical participants. Also included is a popular dueling code from the year 1838 by John Lyde Wilson, one-time governer of South Carolina.--From publisher description.
Subjects: Social life and customs, Dueling, History
Places: Southern States
Time periods: 1775-1865