In a bygone era, when honor meant more than life itself, disputes were often resolved not through words or courts, but through the flash and thunder of a pistol. The practice of dueling, particularly ...

Aaron Burr, who was serving as President Thomas Jefferson's vice president, mortally wounded Alexander Hamilton, the first secretary of the Treasury, in a pistol duel on this day in history, July 11, ...

On this day, May 30, in 1806, Andrew Jackson, who later became the seventh president of United States, killed a rival in a pistol duel after the man insulted Jackson’s wife. Charles Dickinson, like ...

Dueling started as a less violent way to solve disputes in the European Middle Ages. It was thought that God would pass judgment during a duel and save the "right" person. Dueling continued as a ...

The Concord Herald of New Hampshire published a spectacular story Nov. 7, 1793: Just days earlier, Isaac Tichenor, a member of the Vermont Supreme Court, had been wounded, or perhaps killed, during an ...