CVBT History Wire – “Cordial Combatants: Fraternization on the Rappahannock”
CVBT History Wire – “Cordial Combatants: Fraternization on the Rappahannock”
The April 2024 “CVBT History Wire” examines several accounts where Federal and Confederate let down their guard and interacted with one another on personal levels between the battles of Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville.
Read here: Cordial Combatants: Fraternization on the Rappahannock
Fascinating. I saw the film ‘A time out of war’ as a 12 year old which depicted these events.
It was one of the thinks that fired my interest in the ACW that has lasted a life time.
Limey John
Interesting reading, enhanced by the artists’ sketches and the photographs. I wonder if the trench warfare in Europe in the Twentieth Century produced any limited incidences of amity and short term peace
Great article. I think there are many many examples of such fraternization during the war. I know of a fair few from the Petersburg Campaign; several appear in Trudeau’s well-known book “The Last Citadel.” Chapter 14 is even called “When we weren’t killing each other we were the best of friends”.