Excerpt from War Anecdotes and Incidents of Army Life: Reminiscences From Both Sides of the Conflict Between the North and SouthAt Sharpsburg the pickets were constantly firing at each other. Until a Confederate from Jackson's corps shouted to a Union soldier and asked him not to shoot, to which the good-natured foeman assented. But the others kept on shooting until presently 'j Ohnny cried out to his quondam friend on the other side: Say, Yank, tell the man on your left not to shoot. I'd just as lief be shot by you as by him! SO the word passed from man to man, till not a gun was fired along the picket line, the result Of the quaint request Of the first man.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.