In the American Civil War, the North and the South battled to create their own versions of a free nation. But who were the individuals in uniform, fighting and dying for their side? Dr. Lynn Price Robbins and Isaac Loftus welcome historian and author Kevin M. Levin as he explains why it has long been believed that black soldiers fought for the South, and why that story is nothing more than a myth.

Kevin M. Levin Substack, “Civil War Memory” - https://kevinmlevin.substack.com

Kevin M. Levin Website – https://cwmemory.com

Searching for Black Confederates: The Civil War’s Most Persistent Myth - https://uncpress.org/book/9781469653266/searching-for-black-confederates/

The Army of Northern Virginia - https://encyclopediavirginia.org/entries/army-of-northern-virginia/

Battle of Gettysburg - https://www.battlefields.org/learn/civil-war/battles/gettysburg

Alexander Stephens - https://www.loc.gov/item/2021669447/

Library of Congress Digital Collections - https://www.loc.gov/collections/

“Roots” - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0075572/

“Gone with the Wind” - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0031381/

David McCullough - https://www.simonandschuster.com/authors/David-McCullough/938

Historiography - https://www.britannica.com/topic/historiography

Jefferson Davis - https://www.britannica.com/biography/Jefferson-Davis

Robert E. Lee - https://www.britannica.com/biography/Robert-E-Lee

Dr. Marcus P. Nevius podcast episode - https://open.spotify.com/episode/32PsszLeDLsT7DDCRRC5Er?si=010f470ca3bd46da

Robert Gould Shaw - https://www.britannica.com/biography/Robert-Gould-Shaw

54th Massachusetts - https://www.nps.gov/articles/54th-massachusetts-regiment.htm

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