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Ballroom Intrigue and Duel Amid Charleston Crisis
In a Charleston social scene, Lt Kerchival West and Lt Thornton clash over Mrs Haverill prompting a staged duel after a ball. News of Sumter fires spreads as Thornton is wounded and Kerchival remains safe, with tensions rising around loyalty and honor as the crisis unfolds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kerehival West
Robert Ellingham
Battery Park
Bob
Thornton
Coatc
Edward Thornton
Lfe
Ruffin
Paortlh
Jenny Buckthorn
Sumter
Gertrude
Colonel Havertil
West
Miss Gertrude
Haverill
Leutenant
Kerchival West
Mrs. Haverill
Mr. Thornton
Kerchival
Haver- Ps
Ival
Thorpton
Charleston
Ellingham House
Pinckney’s
Forts Johnson and Moultrie
Bumter
Weet
Ellingham
Pincal
Enitorss
Haveril
Gert
Lieutenant West
Angel
Gertrude Ellingham
Bob Ellinglam
Statlin
Mr West
Anderson
Thoroton
Rudin
Robert
Beauregard
Bryou
Sam Pinckney
Mrs Haaver