The Code of Honor

The Code of Honor

John Lyde Wilson, the 49th Governor of South Carolina from 1822 to 1824 and an ardent supporter of dueling (1784-1849)


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TABLE OF CONTENTS

-01- ABOUT THIS BOOK

-02- TO THE PUBLIC

-03- RULES FOR PRINCIPALS AND SECONDS IN DUELLING

-04- THE PERSON INSULTED, BEFORE CHALLENGE SENT

-05- SECOND'S DUTY BEFORE CHALLENGE SENT

-06- THE PARTY RECEIVING A NOTE BEFORE CHALLENGE

-07- DUTY OF CHALLENGER AND HIS SECOND BEFORE FIGHTING

-08- DUTY OF CHALLENGEE AND SECOND AFTER CHALLENGE SENT

-09- DUTY OF PRINCIPALS AND SECONDS ON THE GROUND

-10- WHO SHOULD BE ON THE GROUND

-11- ARMS, AND MANNER OF LOADING AND PRESENTING THEM

-12- THE DEGREES OF INSULT, AND HOW COMPROMISED

-13- APPENDIX

-14- ADDITIONAL GALWAY ARTICLES