i saw a picture yesterday of a bunch of vets shaking hands over a wall at the same celebration.
it's funny (and sad too) but at the battles, after they were over, or there was a surrender, the opposing soldiers would sit and visit with each other like old friends. of course, you see that in other battles too.
when vicksburg capitulated, there was immediate visiting between both sides. hell, some of the soldiers were making trades of tobacco for coffee and the like during the siege! happened in virginia (pickets on either side of a river, with a burned bridge between).
i'd have to think the most famous incident may be the unofficial christmas truce in the trenches the first year of ww1. too bad it didn't create a peace like some of the soldiers hoped.
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