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Letters from War: 1861 | May Snow at Camp Slifer, 1861

Summary by Wynning History
Sergeant Charles Cyphers of the 8th Pennsylvania awoke in his tent on May 4, 1861 and was shocked to see five inches of freshly fallen snow on the grounds of Camp Slifer near Chambersburg, PA. The rare May snowstorm was among the details he shared in a letter to the editors of the Pittston Gazette. Painting of members of the 8th Pennsylvania in the spring of 1861 – (LOC) Cyphers, a former printer at the Gazette, described the wet weather conditi…
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Wynning History broke the news on Wednesday, May 6, 2026.
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