U.S. Representatives William J. Graves of Kentucky…

February 1838 CE

U.S. Representatives William J. Graves of Kentucky and Jonathan Cilley of Maine face each other in a duel, with rifles at eighty yards, near Bladensburg, Maryland, on February 24, 1838.

On the third try, Congressman Cilley is fatally wounded, and bleeds to death.

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Bladensburg Prince George's Maryland United States View →

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