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In December, 1803, while the hostile junrmie* of Bragg nnd Komneranz layconfronting each other near Murfrees- hi boro, the soldiers in the two forces used ta to meet and exchange articles of neces^ blt; slty. Htone river lay between them, w and they jvould wade into its shallow I gj waters, the confederates to trade tobac- fieco for yankee coffee. One day' J. C. Lai Britt of Paris, Texas, who was then a tl courier for Gen. Bushrod Johnson, met o' 1*. F. Kinder of the 21st Illinois. Kir. sc Britt wanted some ‘*sure enough coffee, ti and Mr. Kinder wanted some tobacco.’* They waded out into the river, struck a bargain, and had a pleasant chat. Not * many hours later the bos tile armies were Plast Thursday they met iu Paris, and in 1 conversation recognized each other's ^ J voices, and remembered at once and re-l called the time and circumstances un- L b der which they met twenty-eight yearsmemory.
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Cullman Alabama Tribune
Cullman, Alabama, US
Thu, Dec 31, 1891
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