What were the best stretch duels of all time?

[RolloTomasi]

Originally Posted by Danzig

i'm a hamilton fan, but not jackson....ol' aaron burr was quite the scoundrel. interesting bio's for sure!

hamiltons son died on the same spot of land as his father(well, technically the elder died in his bed, but u know what i mean), also in a duel. must have run in the family...

Jackson probably would have clobbered them all. In his most famous duel (some scumbag wouldn't pay up off on bet on a horse race, no less), he let his rival, who was a better shot, take the first shot on purpose. If he survived the blast he figured he'd be able to take his time with his own shot and have a better chance of sending his rival into early retirement. He was right.

Of course, he took one in the chest just inches from his heart, but apparently he was a good handicapper and won the photo.