▁guard . ▁ ▁Jenkins ' ▁caval ry ▁and ▁Pow ell ' s ▁rear ▁guard ▁sk irm ished ▁briefly , ▁but ▁Pow ell ▁held ▁the ▁high ▁ground ▁and ▁Jenkins ▁returned ▁to ▁Lewis burg . ▁ ▁The ▁exha usted ▁force ▁had ▁been ▁moving ▁almost ▁constantly ▁over ▁the ▁last ▁ 7 0 ▁hours , ▁in ▁severe ▁weather . ▁Sold iers ▁were ▁falling ▁as leep , ▁and ▁the ▁officers ' ▁biggest ▁task ▁was ▁simply ▁to ▁keep ▁the ▁group ▁together ▁on ▁a ▁road ▁with ▁ ▁of ▁snow . ▁The ▁ 2 nd ▁Virginia ▁stopped ▁at ▁day break ▁on ▁November ▁ 2 7 . ▁H undred s ▁of ▁camp f ires ▁were ▁quickly ▁built ▁to ▁th aw ▁men ▁and ▁horses . ▁ ▁Men ▁were ▁fed ▁coffee ▁and ▁ba con , ▁while ▁horses ▁were ▁fed ▁gra in . ▁After ▁ 2 ▁hours , ▁the ▁regiment ▁was ▁in ▁motion ▁again . ▁ ▁It ▁reached ▁Summer ville ▁( home ▁camp ▁for ▁Lane ' s ▁inf antry ) ▁by ▁afternoon , ▁and ▁rest ed ▁there ▁until ▁the ▁next ▁morning ▁( Nov ember ▁ 2 8 ). ▁The ▁unit ▁lost ▁ 1 0 ▁horses ▁from ▁exhaust ion ▁during ▁its ▁journey ▁home . ▁Some ▁of ▁the ▁men ▁had ▁fro zen ▁feet , ▁and ▁two ▁remained ▁in ▁Summer ville ▁( after ▁having ▁their ▁bo ots ▁cut ▁off ▁their ▁feet ) ▁until ▁they ▁were ▁sufficiently ▁recovered ▁to ▁be ▁able ▁to ▁be ▁moved ▁to ▁the ▁hospital ▁at ▁Camp ▁Pi att . ▁The ▁unit ▁arrived ▁at ▁K ana wh a ▁F alls ▁( a . k . a .