The Oaks: Famous New Orleans Dueling Ground as it appeared in Former Days.

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Depicts practice of former days, mid 19th century. Lithograph by Harry Fenn dates from the late 1890s. Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons.

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By Kimberly Jochum
Many myths are associated with the "Dueling Oaks." An 1892 Times-Democrat article noted that "Blood has been shed under the old cathedral aisles of nature. Between 1834 and 1844 scarcely a day passed…