A Fratricidal Affair of Honor: Reactions to the Burr-Hamilton Duel
Cordell Lee Bragg
June 7, 2018
The Hamilton-Burr duel has become one of the most infamous altercations in U.S. history. Officers in the Revolutionary War and original members of the Society of the Cincinnati—Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr squared off in Weehawken, New Jersey, in the hours of the early morning on July 11, 1804. Although Hamilton led the Society as […]