Morgan–Storrs duel

[1][2] What may be the earliest account of the duel came from a correspondent in nearby Warrington, Florida: "At an early hour yesterday morning the noise of rifles being fired off near Fort McRae [sic] caused the guard on duty, who hurried to the place where the report came from, and they soon discovered that there was a rencontre between two young men who were not attached to any of the companies here.

"[3] The Tobacco Plant newspaper of Virginia claimed that Morgan fired into the air, but "his antagonist, taking deliberate aim with his Sharp's rifle, wounded him in the groin.

"[4] According to a widely republished newspaper report, the precipitating issue was a dispute over whether or not a number of Confederate-aligned men in a small boat should land below the walls of Fort Pickens, which was still under the control of the U.S.

[1] An item in the Brooklyn Evening Star reported that a "Charleston letter" informed their editors that the story about reconnoitering Fort Pickens was "only a pretended one.

[10] News of the duel traveled fast to gathering Confederate forces; R. W. McGavock mentioned St. Clair Morgan's injury in his journal entry of March 25, 1861.

[12] Morgan was appointed from Tennessee to the United States Military Academy, in the same class as Jerome Bonaparte, Alexander McCook, and Philip Sheridan.

[19] Some early reports of the duel claimed "Morgan is the man who fired the first shot at the Star of the West"[7] from Morris Island in Charleston Harbor.

[21] In April 1861 the Chicago Tribune commented on the claim: "[Morgan] left Charleston in January in consequence of a fight with a New Yorker, Capt.

Something like a challenge passed subsequently, but nothing came of it, and Morgan found so cold South Carolinian shoulders turned upon him in consequence, that he presently departed for Florida.

[28][29] Storrs' older brother was a junior officer in the Confederate States Army and was accidentally killed by a camp sentry at Norfolk, Virginia in May 1861.

[29] When General Joseph E. Johnston surrendered in North Carolina in April 1865, Storrs sent his men and their horses home from the unit's encampment in Augusta, Georgia.