The Code of Honor, Or, Rules for the Government of Principals and Seconds in Duelling

The Project Gutenberg EBook of The Code of Honor, by John Lyde Wilson This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org Title: The Code of Honor Author: John Lyde Wilson Release Date: March 25, 2009 [EBook #6085] Language: English Character set encoding: ASCII *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE CODE OF HONOR *** Produced by Holly Ingraham, and David Widger THE CODE OF HONOR; or RULES FOR THE GOVERNMENT of PRINCIPALS AND SECONDS in DUELLING by John Lyde Wilson Contents TO THE PUBLIC RULES FOR PRINCIPALS AND SECONDS IN DUELLING. CHAPTER I. The Person Insulted, Before Challenge Sent CHAPTER II. The Party Receiving a Note Before Challenge CHAPTER III. Duty of Challenger and His Second Before Fighting CHAPTER IV. Duty of Challengee and Second After Challenge Sent CHAPTER V. Duty of Principals and Seconds on the Ground CHAPTER VI. Who Should Be on the Ground CHAPTER VII. Arms, and Manner of Loading and Presenting Them CHAPTER VIII. The Degrees of Insult, and How Compromised APPENDIX. ADDITIONAL GALWAY ARTICLES Summary: Originally this was published by the author (1784-1849), a former governor of South Carolina, as a 22-page booklet, in 1838.