. Young folk's history of the war for the union . fell frequently and the whole of the bottomlands were flooded three or four feet deep. Onthe 15th of June he had with him one hundredand fifteen thousand men fit for duty, but he wasstill undecided when to move. During all thistime the pickets of the two armies were oftenso near as to talk together. Although gener-ally ready to shoot each other at sight, theyoften mutually agreed to stop hostilities for atime, and to meet on neutral ground be-tween the lines to exchange newspapers orto talk over the war and theprospects of peace. Somefunny stor
. Young folk's history of the war for the union . fell frequently and the whole of the bottomlands were flooded three or four feet deep. Onthe 15th of June he had with him one hundredand fifteen thousand men fit for duty, but he wasstill undecided when to move. During all thistime the pickets of the two armies were oftenso near as to talk together. Although gener-ally ready to shoot each other at sight, theyoften mutually agreed to stop hostilities for atime, and to meet on neutral ground be-tween the lines to exchange newspapers orto talk over the war and theprospects of peace. Somefunny stories are told of thesepicket interviews. On oneoccasion, while the army waslying in the Chickahominyswamps, some Union picketswxre cooking their breakfast,when they were startled by avoice near by: How are yees, byes ? The men looked up andsaw peejjing over the bushes the face of a jolly-looking Irish-man, enlivened by a broad grin which stretched his mouthalmost from ear to ear. An what are yees afther doin, gintlemen? Making coffee. Have some?.
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