A hard winter

It seems somewhat ironic that this winter has turned into one a lot like 1863. Army and civilian sources all cited the weather as being bitterly cold and two feet of snow falling in January of 1863 as the California Cavalry marched North to the Bear River. The last couple of weeks of December we seen nearly 40" of precipitation in some areas and well over that in higher elevations. Temperatures dropped to as low as -20. Imagine marching 100 miles from Salt Lake City to Preston, Idaho through that! That's the reason why the majority of Connor's casualties were from frostbite. It's also an important indicator of just how lopsided the fight was with the Shoshone on the Bear River.