In his fourth letter to his former employers at the Pittston Gazette, Charles Cyphers takes time to describe what camp life was like for the Civil War soldiers stationed at Camp Slifer in Chambersburg, PA in the war’s early weeks. Camp Slifer near Chambersburg, PA By this time, Cyphers and his Coal Region comrades in the 8th Pennsylvania Infantry were becoming accustomed to the rhythms and patterns of military life as the weather warmed and summ…
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