‘k, thanks for that;
I’d be astonished if that were the actual case unless as you mention maybe the punisher ‘miscounted’ : 1,2,3,4,7, 18, 30, 40, 90, 150, 200, 400, 499. Take that you seditionist colonist!
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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.