Thursday, June 24, 2010
Andrew Jackson's Dueling Victim To Be Reburied
KENTUCKY...
Remains of the only man Andrew Jackson killed in a duel will be reburied in Nashville's old City Cemetery. Archaeologists discovered the grave of Charles Dickinson last summer under the front lawn of a home on the Nashville's west side. The land was the plantation of Dickinson's stepfather when Dickinson was fatally shot by Jackson in the spring of 1806. The duel was fought just over the Kentucky border because dueling was illegal in Tennessee. At the time, Jackson was a lawyer and planter -- well before he became the hero of the Battle of New Orleans and went on to become president. Dickinson -- just 26 -- was an attorney and a veteran of more than two dozen duels. His remains were to be reinterred this morning.
# posted by Homer Owens @ 6:13 AM 
