Lewis Powell

[BettyO]

Quote: I know this has been discus seen this before- but I can't find it... Did Powell release his escape horse or did he fall from it?

Apparently, JWB and the Conspirators were clumsy riders or their horses were clumsy.... JWB falling from his horse; Powell falling from his horse. Even though he was a crack rider (he had to but with Mosby), Powell's horse did throw him ( see The Evidence) but forget, in but my old age, which page. There is also a newspaper article in which Powell told Gillette that his horse stumbled and threw him. Powell apparently fell on his face and received a black eye and bruised, cut lip (see Barry Cauchon and John Elliott's work Inside the Walls). Powell was also knocked out with an apparent concussion, according to what he told Gillette. One eyed horses are more apt to fall or stumble. Powell was attempting to jump the horse over an embankment.