{"id":52117,"date":"2019-08-15T10:11:38","date_gmt":"2019-08-15T14:11:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.genealogybank.com\/?p=52117"},"modified":"2019-08-15T10:12:11","modified_gmt":"2019-08-15T14:12:11","slug":"revolutionary-war-soldiers-so-cold-they-shot-squirrels-for-shoes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/revolutionary-war-soldiers-so-cold-they-shot-squirrels-for-shoes.html","title":{"rendered":"Revolutionary War Soldiers: So Cold They Shot Squirrels for Shoes"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p><em>\u201cHe\u2026 said that the winter of [1777] was the coldest he ever experienced.\u201d<\/em> It was so cold <em>\u201cour troops\u2026 shot squirrels and drew their skins over their feet for shoes.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>This gripping quote is in the obituary of my cousin <a href=\"https:\/\/www.familysearch.org\/photos\/artifacts\/72014554?p=21281313&amp;returnLabel=Johannes%20Ludwig%20Snyder%20(L418-253)&amp;returnUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.familysearch.org%2Ftree%2Fperson%2Fmemories%2FL418-253\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">John Ludwig Snyder (1746-1860)<\/a>. <em>\u201cHe was encamped with [George] Washington at Valley Forge\u201d<\/em> in 1777 and <em>\u201csaid that the winter of that year was the coldest he ever experienced.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>How do we even know about his experience?<\/p>\n<p>We know because it was published in newspapers.<\/p>\n<p>Newspapers, such as GenealogyBank\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/explore\/newspapers\/all?utm_source=social&amp;utm_medium=blog&amp;utm_campaign=SM_Blog_txtlnk_2014_00&amp;s_referrer=social&amp;s_siteloc=blog&amp;s_trackval=SM_Blog_txtlnk_2014_00&amp;kbid=69919&amp;pq=1&amp;prebuy=no&amp;intver=&amp;CCPRODCODE=\">Historical Newspaper Archives<\/a>, record the stories of every day of our ancestors\u2019 lives.<\/p>\n<p>John Snyder\u2019s story is recorded in the Baltimore <em>Sun<\/em>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_52121\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-52121\" style=\"width: 573px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/sun-newspaper-0409-1860-john-snyder-obituary.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-52121\" src=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/sun-newspaper-0409-1860-john-snyder-obituary.png\" alt=\"An article about Revolutionary War soldiers, Sun newspaper article 9 April 1860\" width=\"573\" height=\"159\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/sun-newspaper-0409-1860-john-snyder-obituary.png 573w, https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/sun-newspaper-0409-1860-john-snyder-obituary-300x83.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 573px) 100vw, 573px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-52121\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: GenealogyBank, Sun (Baltimore, Maryland), 9 April 1860, page 1<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this article, Thomas Jay Kemp learns about his cousin John Ludwig Snyder\u2019s service in the Revolutionary War by finding his 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