Arnoldus Vanderhorst dueling papers, 1862-1868.

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Arnoldus Vanderhorst dueling papers, 1862-1868.

1862 - 1868

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Papers are mainly correspondence between Arnoldus Vanderhorst, Alfred Rhett, and William Huger and others regarding a duel (8 August 1862) between Vanderhorst and Rhett. There is also a handwritten essay (signed "Sydney") entitled "A Blunder and its Consequences" concerning the duel between Rhett and Vanderhorst in which no one was hurt, and a later duel (5 Sept. 1862) between Rhett and Col. W.R. Calhoun in which the latter was killed.

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South Carolina Historical Society

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Rhett, Alfred Moore, 1829-1889.

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Calhoun, William Ransom, d. 1862.

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Huger, William Harleston, 1826-1909.

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Vanderhorst, Arnoldus, 1835-1881.

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Born in Charleston, South Carolina in 1835, Arnoldus Vanderhorst was the son of plantation owner Elias Vanderhorst (1791-1874) and his wife Ann Elliott Morris Vanderhorst. During the Civil War Arnoldus Vanderhorst was an officer in the C.S.A. Army. He died in a hunting accident on Kiawah Island (S.C.) on December 1, 1881. From the description of Arnoldus Vanderhorst dueling papers, 1862-1868. (The South Carolina Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 35953496 ...