Posted on 07/03/2020 9:53:34 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
Regardless of the actual number, it apparently was severe. There are accounts that his entire back was covered in scars and ridges. There is a story- true or not- that the night before Cowpens he showed his scars to members of the militia as he went among them to encourage them.
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