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Dramatic North Carolina Duels Across Time and Line Boundaries
The article recounts historic duels along the state line with Virginia, detailing figures like Ferdinand Harris and Yellowly, their Confederate ties, famed meeting places such as the Dismal Swamp, and notable combats from Bladensburg to Smithville. It notes the social code of honor, and ends reflecting on the old practice as a past tradition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ferdinand Harris
Harris
Virginia
Yellowly
Dugger
Drumgoole
Raleigh
Walter Grimes
Daniel E.johnson
Thomas I. Jones
Hertford
Bladensburg
Johnson
James Vance
Buncombe County
Samuel Carson
Vance
7R. B. Vance
United States Senate
Carson
Thomas L. Clingman
Asheville
Congress
Shocco Jones
Jones
Shocco Springs
Warren County
North Carolina
Thomas Jefferson
Willie Jones
John Paul Jones
Southport
Smithville
Cape Fear River
Wilmington
South Carolina
Benjamin Smith
Waddell
Fort Duquesne
General Smith
Smith
Daughters of the Revolution
Old Brunswick