Lew Powell's Frostbitten Feet

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Lewis told Dr. Gillette this the night before he died. I was always curious about it and wondered perhaps if the kick in the face had made him epileptic; perhaps mildly so....I don't know. Dr. Houmes thinks he may have had at one time rheumatic fever (I had this as a seven year old child - as did one of Lewis' relatives)....

The marches were from Virginia to Pennsylvania and back (approximately over 300-500 miles both ways or so on foot!) Quite a distance....