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。