Six bullets.

[**The following relates the harrowing experience of being caught deserting from the Confederate army during the American Civil War.**] >He had heard stories, while under arrest, of what happened to deserters who were chased down by hounds. In one account that circulated, a deserter came home to Covington County, just west of Jones, and when conscript officers came looking for him, he fled to the swamps. The officers sent in the dogs, which finally cornered him in an old abandoned log cabin. The deserter had six bullets in his repeating revolver, but there were eight hounds. The fight lasted two hours. At the end of it, two hounds were still alive, and the man was so torn up and disfigured that his wife did not recognize his lifeless body when the conscript officers brought it back to her. __________________________ **Source:** Jenkins, Sally, and John Stauffer. “The Hounds.” *The State of Jones: The Small Southern County That Seceded from the Confederacy*. Anchor Books, 2010. 142. Print. ___________________________ **If you enjoy this type of content, please consider donating to my [Patreon](https://www.patreon.com/HistoryLockeBox)!**