AndrewJackson,commanderoftheTennesseemilitiaintheWarof1812betweentheUSandBritain,oncehadaquarrelwithhisaide-de-camp,ThomasBenton,overapointofhonour.Theyfoughtaduel,whichendedinJacksonbeingshotintheshoulderandtheleftarmandnearlydyingfromthewounds.
BythetimeJacksonbecametheseventhpresidentoftheUSinthe1820s,BentonhadbecomeapowerfulsenatorfromMissouri.SomethoughtJacksonmightshootBentononsight.Butinsteadhemadepeaceandgainedanally.
Twentyyearsaftertheduel,doctorsfinallyremovedthebulletinJackson'sshoulder.JacksonofferedittoBentonsayingthebulletwashisproperty.Benton,however,declinedtoacceptit,sayingthatbycarryingitforyears,Jacksonhadearnedtherighttokeepit.
一八一二年英美戰爭期間,田納西州國民自衞隊指揮官安德魯.傑克遜有一次因名譽問題,和副官湯瑪斯.本頓吵起來。他們決鬥,傑克遜肩膀和左臂中槍,幾乎喪命。
一八二零年代,傑克遜成為美國第七任總統,本頓也已成為聲望甚隆的參議員,代表密蘇里州。有人認為,傑克遜可能見到本頓就開槍,但他卻和本頓修好,贏得本頓支持。
決鬥過了二十年,醫生終於取出傑克遜肩膀的子彈。傑克遜把子彈交還本頓,說那本來是他的東西,但本頓不受,說傑克遜把子彈帶在身上二十年,有權成為物主。