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| Tango01 | 26 Oct 2020 10:29 p.m. PST |
"In the lulls between battles, enemy troops at times established temporary bonds of friendship. The rival forces shared a common language and culture, of course, and a certain spirit of brotherhood persisted amid the hostilities. One form of fraternisation involved the trade of treasured items between the opposing ranks.Facing each other across a river, enemy pickets sometimes sent little hand-carved sailboats to the opposite shore, exchanging coffee that the Southern men craved for tobacco favoured by the Federals. One of Robert E Lee's men remembered a day in the spring of 1862 when the Rappahannock River near Fredericksburg, Virginia, was "dotted with such a fairy fleet". Both sides frequently swapped insults, which they termed "smart talk" or "jawing". During the long siege of Vicksburg, a Confederate shouted across the lines, "When Is Grant going to march into Vicksburg?" and received the reply, "when you get your last mule and dog ate up"…"
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