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The Daily Dispatch: March 29, 1861., [Electronic resource], The duel near Pensacola. (search)
--The fact of a duel at Fort McRae, Fla., between St. Clair Morgan, of Charleston, S. C., and a young Alabamian, named Storrs, late a midshipman in the U. S. Navy, has been noticed. The Mobile Tribune says: It seems that on the night of the reckless daring, proposed that they should land just under the walls of Pickens to make what discoveries they could; but Storrs objected, saying that it would expose them to almost certain capture, and the majority of the party sided with him. But Morgan, hot tempered and impatient, reproached Storrs with timidity.--A few words passed between them and the boat put back to the main land. When they had disembarked Storrs said to Morgan that he had intimated a doubt of his courage, and as they haStorrs said to Morgan that he had intimated a doubt of his courage, and as they had rifles, and the moon was shining brightly, he could prove it. Morgan responded to this proposition with alacrity. Twenty steps were paced off, and at the first fire Morgan fell dangerously wounded, the heavy ball of the Sharpe's rifle having enter