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Old Time Duel: Reynolds and Brown Shoot on the Ohio River
An 1856 duel near Selma with Thomas Reynolds and Brown unfolds on a river bar. The weaponry is London-pattern pistols, 12 paces, with Kennett and Mitchell as seconds. Reynolds wounds Brown in the leg, Brown survives on crutches, and both sides depart aboard a steamer.
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Thomas C. Reynolds
United States
Democratic Party of
St. Louis
Reynolds
Anti Benton Party
Congress
Frank P. Blair
Bentonandidate
McKee
Fishback
Democrat
Free Soil
B. Gratz Brown
Blair
Brown
Lee Walker
St.Louis
Col
David D. Mitchell
Thomas IH. Benton
Rank P. Blair
Fred Kennett
Missouri
Selma Tall
Thomas P. Studson
Doniphan
Mexico
Selma Hall
Rhine
Isaac I. Sturgeon
Sergeon
J. WH. Shore
Kennett and Hudson
Ilnois
Ilinois
Selma
G. W. Charrbourne
St. Louis Shot Tower Company
Kennett
Illinois
London
White
Hudsson
Chicago Times
Mitchell
Lief
Providence
Rentske
India
Germany
Mr. Liebich
England