Editing Code duello (section)

==Southern U.S. code of honor==
{{See also|Culture of honor (Southern United States)|Dueling in the Southern United States}}
Southern duels persisted through the 1840s even after dueling in the United States was outlawed. Commonly held on sand bars in rivers where jurisdiction was unclear, they were rarely prosecuted. States such as [[South Carolina]], [[Tennessee]], [[Texas]], [[Louisiana]] and others had their own dueling customs and traditions. Most duels occurred between adult members of the upper classes, but teenage duels and those in the middle-classes also existed. Duels offered the promise of esteem and status, and they also served as a form of scapegoating for unresolved personal problems.<ref>Wyatt-Brown, Bertram. 1982. Southern honor: ethics and behavior in the old South. New York: Oxford University Press. Pages 167 and 350–351.</ref>

===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]].