A crimson muzzle.

[**The following takes place during the American Civil War.**] >The orderlies stanched blood and applied emergency bandages from out of knapsacks, and helped load men into the ambulance, a covered, horse-drawn, four-wheeled wagon with a hinged rear gate that could be lowered for the most severely injured. >[Newton](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/80/Newton-knight.jpg) sorted through the bodies, listening for moans and looking for writhing movement. The swampy battlefield attracted the attention of hogs, scavenging for food. Newton had heard numerous reports of hogs eating the guts out of men. He knew what was happening when a hog lifted its head from a body and revealed a crimson muzzle. If the man’s eyes were filled with blood, then peace would come soon. Once a hog made a meal out of a man, there was little Newton or anyone else could do to keep him alive. _______________________________ **Source:** Jenkins, Sally, and John Stauffer. “Corinth.” *The State of Jones: The Small Southern County That Seceded from the Confederacy*. Anchor Books, 2010. 27. Print. _______________________________ **Further Reading:** [Newton Knight](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newton_Knight)