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From General Buell's army — How the Federal and Confederate pickets Amuse themselves. Camp Near Battle Creek,Five miles East of Bridgeport, August 6, 1862.
The camp of the Kentucky 11th and 26th is opposite that of the Confederate Helm's cavalry, many of the men upon each side being intimately acquainted.
Every conceivable kind of conversation occurs between the two parties, the Confederates generally being more saucy and defiant than are our men. The enemy seem to be very well aware of the fact that our army have been short of subsistence, and often shout, "Boys, you're only on half rations; we have plenty to spare." Both parties exchange newspapers, and we frequently read the Atlanta and Knoxville journals.
The modue operandi of the exchange is novel, each party swimming to the middle of the river with a newspaper in his mouth.
An exchange of coffee and tobacco is often made in somewhat the s