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Photographer: via National Park Service
Taken: 1861
Caption: Button Gwinnett Marker
Additional Description: A fanciful depiction of Button Gwinnett's duel with Gen. Lachlan Mcintosh, fought on May 16, 1777, that resulted in the former's death. (Lithograph, probably by an artist named Ferris, from William Brotherhead, The Book of the Signers, 1861, Library of Congress.)
Gwinnett had challenged McIntosh to the duel, which took place at the small town of Thunderbolt, near Savannah. Both were wounded: McIntosh survived, but Button Gwinnett died three days later of gangrene resulting from having the bone of his leg shattered.
Submitted: February 16, 2021, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York.
Database Locator Identification Number: p569460
File Size: 0.021 Megabytes

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