• The Last Duel

  • Mar 21 2025
  • Length: 1 hr and 41 mins
  • Podcast
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  • Today's True Weird Stuff - The Last Duel

    The most famous duel in American history was between Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr in 1804. The premiere way of settling disputes and upholding unwritten codes of honor, the act of dueling would gradually fall out of favor over the 19th Century. However, dueling was still commonplace in Southern states like South Carolina. That is, until a duel in 1880 between Colonel E.B. Cash and Colonel William Shannon forced the state to ban the practice.

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