A way of happening, a mouth

• 2012-09-22

  170 Years Ago Today, Abe Lincoln and a Rival Almost Dueled

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  Lincoln’s weapon of choice: the cavalry broadsword. Here’s the full story of the duel, and the sarcastic anonymous letters that caused it.

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     More reasons to want to be friends with Abe Lincoln.

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      Yep, Bloody Island we used to call it. The duelin’ island right in the middle of the Mississippi between St. Louie and...

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      Rival … VAMPIRE??? It would explain

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