Sandbar Fight

The Sandbar Fight, also known as the Vidalia Sandbar Fight, was a formal one-on-one duel that erupted into a violent brawl involving several combatants on September 19, 1827. It occurred on a large Mississippi Riversandbar between Vidalia, Louisiana, and Natchez, Mississippi. The fight resulted in the death of General Samuel Cuny and Major Norris Wright. The American pioneer and folk hero James Bowie survived but was seriously injured in the fight.

The site of the brawl was originally a neutral island in the middle of the river, with the river flowing mainly on the west side of the island. The river's main course has since moved to the east side of the island, so the site of the fight is thus located west of the modern river on Giles Island. However, the river's original path still serves as the border between Mississippi and Louisiana, so the brawl site is and always was within Mississippi.