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===Western U.S. code duello=== The stereotypical [[Gunfighter#Real-life Wild West duels|quick draw duel]] seen in many [[Western films]] were, in part, from the traditional code duello of the South brought by Southern emigrants.<ref name="Agnew"/> Duels in the [[Old West]] were fought for personal honor, though the quick-draw duels of popular legend were in actuality rare. Typical Western duels were a crude form of Southern code duello; they were highly formalized means of solving disputes between gentlemen, with swords or guns, that had their origins in European [[chivalry]].<ref>DeArment, Robert K. ''Deadly Dozen: Forgotten Gunfighters of the Old West, Volume 3''. University of Oklahoma Press; First edition (March 15, 2010). p. 82. {{ISBN|978-0806140766}}</ref><ref name="Agnew">Agnew, Jeremy. December 2, 2014. ''The Creation of the Cowboy Hero: Fiction, Film and Fact'', p. 88, McFarland. {{ISBN|978-0786478392}}</ref><ref name="Dope">{{cite web |url=http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/2514/did-western-gunfighters-really-face-off-one-on-one|title=Did Western gunfighters really face off one-on-one? |last=Adams |first=Cecil |date=25 June 2004 |publisher=Straight Dope |access-date=October 4, 2014}} June 25, 2004</ref><ref name="Willy">{{cite web |url=http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/wild-bill-hickok-fights-first-western-showdown |title=Wild Bill Hickok fights first western showdown |publisher=History.com |date=July 21, 2014 |access-date=October 4, 2014}}</ref> The first known quick-draw duel was conducted by a Southern man named [[Wild Bill Hickok – Davis Tutt shootout|Davis Tutt]] against [[Wild Bill Hickok]] on July 21, 1865. Other more formal duels, like those typical in Europe, were also fought, like the [[Hugh Anderson (cowboy)#Duel with Arthur McCluskie|Anderson–McCluskie duel]].
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