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Tango01 | 28 Mar 2018 1:02 p.m. PST |
… And Hero Of The Mexican – American War. "Few men can claim to be one of America's most feared duelists and war hero at the same time. Alexander Keith McClung proved to be the exception. Ross Drake labeled the red-headed McClung as no more than a "hard-drinking homicidal miscreant," who he claimed "behaved like a character out of Gothic fiction, dressing from time to time in a flowing cape, giving overripe oratory and morbid poetry, and terrifying many of his fellow Mississippians with his penchant for intimidation and violence." A crack shot with a pistol, the "Black Knight" was reputed to have fought in anywhere from four to a dozen duels during his short lifetime. Despite his unsavory reputation as a cold-blooded killer, McClung would rise to prominence as a distinguished volunteer officer during the U.S.-Mexican War…" Main page link Amicalement Armand
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