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That's what most of the stories center around. Consider that Johnny has tobacco but Billy doesn't have coffee. Or the opposite -- Billy has coffee but Johnny doesn't have tobacco (having traded it earlier for a pocket knife). A deck of cards. Candy. A tin cup. Anything the soldier could spare would be currency. Remember that Billy received pay and had access to sutlers; Johnny did not.
Suspect that the swapping was more than a commercial transaction; there was an element of social curiousity as well.
Ole
Last edited on Fri Jan 12th, 2007 03:30 pm by ole