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about civil war memory civil war memory subscribe sign in home podcast chat book club books personal website archive about the war ended the argument didn t more than 160 years after appomattox americans are still fighting over what the civil war means who won who lost and who gets to say civil war memory is a newsletter dedicated to exploring not just what happened between 1861 and 1865 but how generations of americans have remembered mythologized distorted and reclaimed that history ever since this is history about history here you ll find close readings of primary sources deep dives into historiography and analysis of how the war has been interpreted from the lost cause literature of the postwar south to the battlefield preservation debates of today each piece is written with scholarly rigor and without the jargon because good history shouldn t require a decoder ring whether you re a seasoned student of the war who can name every corps commander at gettysburg or someone who just finished battle cry of freedom and can t stop thinking about it you re in the right place why become a paid supporter good history takes time digging through archives tracking down obscure monographs and wrestling an argument into something worth reading none of that happens between other obligations your paid subscription is what makes this work sustainable and it s what keeps civil war memory independent no institutional agenda no editorial pressure no algorithm to appease when you subscribe you re not just unlocking content you re funding a commitment to serious history in a noisy world paid supporters receive full access to all essays and archives every piece past and present subscriber only posts deeper dives drafts in progress and material that doesn t fit the standard format the civil war memory book group join other serious students of the civil war era for deep dives into important books comments and conversation join a community of readers who take this history as seriously as you do the knowledge that you made it possible which counts for something free subscribers will always have access to a selection of posts but if civil war memory has made you think differently about the war about memory or about america consider going paid think of it as buying a round for your favorite historian subscribe about me my name is kevin levin no unfortunately the name doesn t rhyme i am an educator and historian based in boston massachusetts for twenty years i taught high school history in virginia and massachusetts in recent years i have worked with teachers and students across the country to better understand the current debate about civil war monuments photo credit sharona jacobs my research is focused primarily on the civil war era with a concentration in civil war memory i am the author and editor of three books including most recently searching for black confederates the civil war s most persistent myth 2019 remembering the battle of the crater war as murder 2012 and interpreting the civil war at museums and historic sites 2017 i am currently at work on a glorious fate the life and legacy of colonel robert gould shaw which is under advance contract with the university of north carolina press as well as editing the collected wartime and postwar correspondence of captain john christopher winsmith you can find my op eds in the new york times the washington post the atlantic smithsonian magazine the daily beast civil war times and the civil war monitor my work on the confederate monument controversy has led to interviews with the washington post the new york times the boston globe wall street journal npr as well as numerous international newspapers you can also find me at my personal website and don t forget to subscribe thanks for reading civil war memory subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work subscribe subscribe to civil war memory reflections on the history and legacy of america s bloodiest and most divisive conflict subscribe people 2026 kevin m levin privacy terms collection notice start your substack get the app substack is the home for great culture this site requires javascript to run correctly please turn on javascript or unblock scripts