After the Battle (A Radio Play)

On a Civil War battlefield, two soldiers, one Union and one Confederate, are left alone as the battle moves on. The Union soldier is wounded. It is pitch dark, and they cannot see each other. The southern soldier tries to help the wounded man and make him more comfortable. He goes to a spring for water and gets food from the packs of dead soldiers nearby. The two men, sworn enemies, share a meal and become friends.

The Confederate soldier relates a story of how, when he was just a boy back i...