In 1806, Andrew Jackson feuded with Charles Dickinson after Dickinson publicly insulted Jackson’s wife, Rachel Jackson, calling her a bigamist based on a real misunderstanding about her divorce. In the honor culture of the time, that kind of accusation was taken very seriously, and it led to a duel where Dickinson shot Jackson in the chest, but Jackson remained standing and killed him with his return shot, carrying the bullet for the rest of his life.
EthanTheJudge on
Andrew is a very interesting human being when he isn’t one of the worst American Presidents ever.
EnchantingBabe2 on
Local man literally too angry to succumb to lead poisoning.
FlyingFreest on
If you were still allowed to challenge people to duels there would be a lot less twitter users these days.
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In 1806, Andrew Jackson feuded with Charles Dickinson after Dickinson publicly insulted Jackson’s wife, Rachel Jackson, calling her a bigamist based on a real misunderstanding about her divorce. In the honor culture of the time, that kind of accusation was taken very seriously, and it led to a duel where Dickinson shot Jackson in the chest, but Jackson remained standing and killed him with his return shot, carrying the bullet for the rest of his life.
Andrew is a very interesting human being when he isn’t one of the worst American Presidents ever.
Local man literally too angry to succumb to lead poisoning.
If you were still allowed to challenge people to duels there would be a lot less twitter users these days.