This famous American delivered this practical advice, “Chop your own wood, and it will warm you twice.”
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Daily Quiz for September 1, 2018
Chief Osceola fought U.S. government forces in 1835 to hold onto this land for his nation.
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CWT Book Review: Clyde Built
Clyde Built: Blockade Runners, Cruisers and Armoured Rams of the American Civil War by […]
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CWT Book Review: No Party Now
No Party Now: Politics in the Civil War North by Adam I.P. Smith, Oxford […]
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CWT Book Review: Distant Bugles, Distant Drums
Distant Bugles, Distant Drums: The Union Response to the Confederate Invasion of New Mexico […]
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CWT Book Review: Reluctant Rebel
Reluctant Rebel: The Secret Diary of Robert Patrick, 1861-1865 When it rained, Confederate quartermaster […]
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CWT Book Review: The Harp and the Eagle
The Harp and the Eagle: Irish-American Volunteers and the Union Army, 1861-1865 by Susannah […]
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The Big Business of Bahamian Blockade Running
Fortunes were made and lost, goodwill mixed with wild speculation in a peculiar atmosphere […]
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Joe Hooker’s Chancellorsville
The general stood at the brink of victory in May 1863—and then it all […]
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The Man Who Foiled the Other Assassin
How an unknown Army sergeant saved William Seward’s life and thwarted the ultimate success […]