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perhaps, because the tents were rather dimly lighted, and partly because of a surfeit of such recreations by daylight.
But, whatever the cause, I think old soldiers will generally agree in the statement that the evenings were the time of sociability and reminiscence.
It was then quite a visiting time among soldiers of the same organization.
It was then that men from the same town or neighborhood got together
and exchanged home gossip.
Each one would produce recent letters giving interesting information about mutual friends or acquaintances, telling that such a girl or old schoolmate was married; that such a man had enlisted in such a regiment; that another was wounded and at home on furlough; that such another had been exempted from the forthcoming draft, because he had lost teeth; that yet another had suddenly gone to Canada on important business — which was a favorite refuge for all those who were afraid of being forced into the service.
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