His counterpart in Georgia, General Beauregard Lee is said to be slightly more accurate and he saw his shadow indicated more cold could still be to come.
Because I'm curious, as our initial agricultural ancestors, especially in colder climates, it's like maybe you wanted to pack on an extra 20 pounds before winter hit.
No one knows exactly when the scale was inverted or turned around, but just think, you could just as easily be talking about winter coming and with it the temperature rising to 100 degrees.