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Due to the tradition of dueling in the Southern United States there were a number of duels during the American Civil War between Confederate States military officers and/or politicians.

Following the Marmaduke–Walker duel, the Southern Unionist Nashville Daily Union commented approvingly on the trend: "To which we say, Amen! Can't the rebels get up a few nice little duel parties between Jeff Davis and Stephens, Bragg and Joe Johnston, Harris and Polk? It would afford an agreeable variety to the tremendous wholesale fights which ever and anon shake the land." According to historian William Oliver Stevens, there were no duels between officers of the U.S. Army or U.S. Navy during the American Civil War.

+ Confederate duels Duellist Duellist Date Place Outcome Notes St. Clair Morgan George S. Storrs Florida – near Fort McRee, Pensacola Morgan woundedMain article: Morgan–Storrs duel Lieutenant John S. Lanier Unidentified "wagonmaster of his corps" Between May 20, 1861, and July 9, 1863 Place unknown Lanier wounded William A. Lake Henry Cousins Chambers Arkansas Lake killed Rival candidates for Confederate Congress; Chambers shot Lake in the forehead, Lake died at the Gayoso Hotel in Memphis, Tennessee Doctor Forward, a sutler Lieutenant Alfred H. Jones. Virginia – near Young's Mill, on the Peninsula Both killedRifles at 40 paces; the duel resulted from a "quarrel about the price of a box of candles." D. H. Hill Robert Toombs After July 1862AvertedFollowing the Battle of Malvern Hill, arguments about the action resulted in a proposed duel, which never took place Major Alfred M. Rhett Colonel William Ransom Calhoun South Carolina – Charleston Calhoun killed Calhoun, a relative of John C. Calhoun, was Rhett's superior officer at Fort Sumter. Captain John Cussons Jr. Major Alfred Horatio Belo April 1863 Virginia – near Suffolk Belo wounded Captain George Moody Captain Pichegru Woolfolk Pennsylvania No duel Planned but forestalled by the Battle of Gettysburg Major General John S. Marmaduke Brigadier General Lucius M. Walker Arkansas Walker killed Main article: Marmaduke–Walker duel Lieutenant William H. Dorsey Mr. Adler of Baltimore, Maryland Maryland – near Bowling Green, Caroline County Adler killed Captain Smith Lieutenant Scott Virginia Scott killed Major William F. Rapley Major Albert Belding Missouri Belding wounded Edward C. Elmore John Moncure Daniel Virginia Daniel wounded Daniel participated in a number of duels during his lifetime. Private Marx Cohen Jr. Private Thomas R. Chew North Carolina No injuries Said to be the final duel of the Confederacy; their seconds put blanks in their pistols, both walked away unharmed, and both were killed later that day at Battle of Bentonville.

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