Andrew Jackson Kills a Man in a Duel: The Future President Took a Bullet First
Jackson let Dickinson shoot first. Strategy, not chivalry. Dickinson was the better marksman, and everyone knew it. The bullet cracked Jackson's ribs, lodged near his heart. Too close to remove. Ever. Jackson steadied himself, raised his pistol, killed Dickinson with one shot. The accusation about Rachel Jackson wasn't wrong—through no fault of hers, a paperwork error meant she'd technically been married to two men. But Jackson carried Dickinson's bullet in his chest for the next thirty-nine years, all the way to the White House. Some debts you pay forever.
May 30, 1806
220 years ago
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