Kevin M. Levin
@civilwarmemory.bsky.social
I am a NJ born and Boston-based Civil War historian and speaker. Author of numerous books and articles, including "Searching for Black Confederates" (2019). More details at cwmemory.com
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History, Memory, and William Mack Lee's Mastery Of the Lost Cause 🗃️ open.substack.com/pub/kevinmle...
History, Memory, and William Mack Lee's Mastery Of the Lost Cause
After decades of entertaining white audiences at Confederate veterans reunions and claiming a close relationship with General Robert E.
open.substack.com
December 1, 2025 at 9:27 PM
History, Memory, and William Mack Lee's Mastery Of the Lost Cause 🗃️ open.substack.com/pub/kevinmle...
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The John Quincy Adams line-a-day diary is now on Bluesky! We're looking forward to what @jqadams-mhs.bsky.social has in store for the rest of 1825.
Hello Bluesky! Starting on December 6, we'll share the daily entry from the line-a-day diary kept by John Quincy Adams 200 years ago.
You can start exploring all 51 volumes of JQA's diaries here: www.primarysourcecoop.org/jqa/
You can start exploring all 51 volumes of JQA's diaries here: www.primarysourcecoop.org/jqa/
John Quincy Adams Digital Diary
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December 1, 2025 at 8:48 PM
The John Quincy Adams line-a-day diary is now on Bluesky! We're looking forward to what @jqadams-mhs.bsky.social has in store for the rest of 1825.
History, Memory, and William Mack Lee's Mastery Of the Lost Cause 🗃️ open.substack.com/pub/kevinmle...
History, Memory, and William Mack Lee's Mastery Of the Lost Cause
After decades of entertaining white audiences at Confederate veterans reunions and claiming a close relationship with General Robert E.
open.substack.com
December 1, 2025 at 9:27 PM
History, Memory, and William Mack Lee's Mastery Of the Lost Cause 🗃️ open.substack.com/pub/kevinmle...
Reposted by Kevin M. Levin
On the new episode of "Historians & Their Histories," Eric Totten discusses his research on the Federal Department of the South, focusing on New England regiments that carried conservative, anti-abolitionist, and nativist beliefs into the Civil War. Listen here: www.masshist.org/podcast/hath...
December 1, 2025 at 7:04 PM
On the new episode of "Historians & Their Histories," Eric Totten discusses his research on the Federal Department of the South, focusing on New England regiments that carried conservative, anti-abolitionist, and nativist beliefs into the Civil War. Listen here: www.masshist.org/podcast/hath...
Today you can pick up a copy of my first book, *Remembering the Battle of the Crater: War as Murder,* from the University Press of Kentucky at a 40% discount on this #CyberMonday. www.kentuckypress.com/978081316972...
Remembering The Battle of the Crater - The University Press of Kentucky
The battle of the Crater is known as one of the Civil War's bloodiest struggles—a Union loss with combined casualties of 5,000, many of whom were members o...
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December 1, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Today you can pick up a copy of my first book, *Remembering the Battle of the Crater: War as Murder,* from the University Press of Kentucky at a 40% discount on this #CyberMonday. www.kentuckypress.com/978081316972...
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The charges here mattered, because the arresting officers admitted that she was arrested for violating the segregation ordinance and not for some ostensibly race-neutral charge like "disturbing the peace"
70 years ago today, Rosa Parks refused to give up her bus seat in Montgomery, Alabama.
December 1, 2025 at 4:53 PM
The charges here mattered, because the arresting officers admitted that she was arrested for violating the segregation ordinance and not for some ostensibly race-neutral charge like "disturbing the peace"
I assume all of you already own a copy, but just in case. 😉 uncpress.org/978146965326...
December 1, 2025 at 4:48 PM
I assume all of you already own a copy, but just in case. 😉 uncpress.org/978146965326...
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After the Army forced Black officers out of the ranks in 1863, a group of Black former officers from Louisiana petitioned to be reinstated "to assist in putting down this wicked rebelion. And in restoring peace to our once peaceful country."
Black Former Officers in a Louisiana Black Regiment to the Commander of the Department of the Gulf, April 7, 1863
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December 1, 2025 at 4:34 PM
After the Army forced Black officers out of the ranks in 1863, a group of Black former officers from Louisiana petitioned to be reinstated "to assist in putting down this wicked rebelion. And in restoring peace to our once peaceful country."
Today only you can register for the "Seldom Heard History" Civil War conference at discounted price. I will join a fantastic group of historians for two days of presentations in Monterrey, CA from May 1-3. Check it out. whtours.org/seldom-heard...
December 1, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Today only you can register for the "Seldom Heard History" Civil War conference at discounted price. I will join a fantastic group of historians for two days of presentations in Monterrey, CA from May 1-3. Check it out. whtours.org/seldom-heard...
"Ms. Fujimoto heard the commotion and tore out of the store, shouting that immigration agents were there. 'I felt like Paul Revere,' she recalled." www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/u...
Haunted by History, Japanese Americans Fight Trump’s Immigration Crackdown
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December 1, 2025 at 10:53 AM
"Ms. Fujimoto heard the commotion and tore out of the store, shouting that immigration agents were there. 'I felt like Paul Revere,' she recalled." www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/u...
The Holiday season doesn't begin for me until I see Iggy Pop as Mr. Zellweger in the movie "Snow Day."
November 30, 2025 at 8:35 PM
The Holiday season doesn't begin for me until I see Iggy Pop as Mr. Zellweger in the movie "Snow Day."
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I’m so thankful for the chance to compile & share #ScholarSunday threads of great public scholarly writing, podcast episodes, new & forthcoming books. So let’s end the holiday weekend with my 252nd! Add more below, share as widely as possible, & enjoy, all! 🗃️
blackwhiteandread.com/scholarsunda...
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#ScholarSunday Thread 252 (11/30/25) – Black and White and Read All Over
I’m so thankful for the chance to compile & share #ScholarSunday threads of great public scholarly writing, podcast episodes, new & forthcoming books from the past week. So let’s end the holiday weeke...
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November 30, 2025 at 12:57 PM
I’m so thankful for the chance to compile & share #ScholarSunday threads of great public scholarly writing, podcast episodes, new & forthcoming books. So let’s end the holiday weekend with my 252nd! Add more below, share as widely as possible, & enjoy, all! 🗃️
blackwhiteandread.com/scholarsunda...
blackwhiteandread.com/scholarsunda...
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Revisiting William Mack Lee and a Lost Cause Fraud 🗃️ open.substack.com/pub/kevinmle...
Revisiting William Mack Lee and a Lost Cause Fraud
Long-time readers of my blog and my book, Searching for Black Confederates: The Civil War’s Most Persistent Myth, are already familiar with William Mack Lee.
open.substack.com
November 30, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Revisiting William Mack Lee and a Lost Cause Fraud 🗃️ open.substack.com/pub/kevinmle...
Revisiting William Mack Lee and a Lost Cause Fraud 🗃️ open.substack.com/pub/kevinmle...
Revisiting William Mack Lee and a Lost Cause Fraud
Long-time readers of my blog and my book, Searching for Black Confederates: The Civil War’s Most Persistent Myth, are already familiar with William Mack Lee.
open.substack.com
November 30, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Revisiting William Mack Lee and a Lost Cause Fraud 🗃️ open.substack.com/pub/kevinmle...
You've never heard David Bowie's "Look Back in Anger" quite like this. www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gCU...
David Bowie • Look Back in Anger • Dennis Davis Isolated Drums Breakdown by Tony Visconti
YouTube video by Hikaru Davis
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November 29, 2025 at 11:37 PM
You've never heard David Bowie's "Look Back in Anger" quite like this. www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gCU...
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Frederick Douglass, the Integrity of the Past and the Problem of AI 🗃️ open.substack.com/pub/kevinmle...
Frederick Douglass, the Integrity of the Past and the Problem of AI
We are just beginning to comprehend the ways in which AI is fundamentally changing how we produce and consume history.
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November 29, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Frederick Douglass, the Integrity of the Past and the Problem of AI 🗃️ open.substack.com/pub/kevinmle...
Frederick Douglass, the Integrity of the Past and the Problem of AI 🗃️ open.substack.com/pub/kevinmle...
Frederick Douglass, the Integrity of the Past and the Problem of AI
We are just beginning to comprehend the ways in which AI is fundamentally changing how we produce and consume history.
open.substack.com
November 29, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Frederick Douglass, the Integrity of the Past and the Problem of AI 🗃️ open.substack.com/pub/kevinmle...
One of my favorite bass players. This instrument was designed for Michael Manring and allows him to raise and lower the pitch of each string at the headstock and all four strings at once at the bridge. The result is unique and beautiful tone. Check it out. www.youtube.com/watch?v=2zOp...
The Enormous Room
YouTube video by Michael Manring
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November 29, 2025 at 12:56 AM
One of my favorite bass players. This instrument was designed for Michael Manring and allows him to raise and lower the pitch of each string at the headstock and all four strings at once at the bridge. The result is unique and beautiful tone. Check it out. www.youtube.com/watch?v=2zOp...
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From Frederick Douglass's 1867 "Composite Nation" speech, a defense of Chinese migration to the United States at a time when anti-Chinese sentiment was intensifying.
teachingamericanhistory.org/document/our...
teachingamericanhistory.org/document/our...
November 28, 2025 at 7:01 PM
From Frederick Douglass's 1867 "Composite Nation" speech, a defense of Chinese migration to the United States at a time when anti-Chinese sentiment was intensifying.
teachingamericanhistory.org/document/our...
teachingamericanhistory.org/document/our...
I know John Paul Jones is best known for playing a Fender Jazz bass, but it sounds like he is using a pick on a Fender P-bass. What an incredible sound. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohDQ...
Houses of the Holy (1990 Remaster)
YouTube video by Led Zeppelin - Topic
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November 28, 2025 at 4:17 PM
I know John Paul Jones is best known for playing a Fender Jazz bass, but it sounds like he is using a pick on a Fender P-bass. What an incredible sound. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohDQ...
How the Republican Party started. How it's going.
November 28, 2025 at 3:13 PM
How the Republican Party started. How it's going.
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I can’t believe it’s been a week since my book “The Republican House Divided” was published.
I am eager to chat about all things Civil War memory and the Republican Party. So I am open to any and all talks, media, podcasts, etc. about the book. Please just get in touch! 📚🇺🇸🗃️
I am eager to chat about all things Civil War memory and the Republican Party. So I am open to any and all talks, media, podcasts, etc. about the book. Please just get in touch! 📚🇺🇸🗃️
November 28, 2025 at 2:07 PM
I can’t believe it’s been a week since my book “The Republican House Divided” was published.
I am eager to chat about all things Civil War memory and the Republican Party. So I am open to any and all talks, media, podcasts, etc. about the book. Please just get in touch! 📚🇺🇸🗃️
I am eager to chat about all things Civil War memory and the Republican Party. So I am open to any and all talks, media, podcasts, etc. about the book. Please just get in touch! 📚🇺🇸🗃️
Which means, if Spec. Sarah Beckstrom had been born in Massachusetts, Trump would have stated flat out that he would not attend her funeral service. The man is a sociopath.
Q: Do you plan to attend Sarah's funeral?
TRUMP: I haven't thought about it yet, but it's certainly something I can conceive of. I love West Virginia. You know, I won West Virginia by one of the biggest margins of any president anywhere.
TRUMP: I haven't thought about it yet, but it's certainly something I can conceive of. I love West Virginia. You know, I won West Virginia by one of the biggest margins of any president anywhere.
November 28, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Which means, if Spec. Sarah Beckstrom had been born in Massachusetts, Trump would have stated flat out that he would not attend her funeral service. The man is a sociopath.
"Still unknown is the identity of Mr. Onnen’s victim." 🗃️ www.nytimes.com/2025/11/28/s...
At Last, a Name for the Murderous Face in a Holocaust Photo
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November 28, 2025 at 11:10 AM
"Still unknown is the identity of Mr. Onnen’s victim." 🗃️ www.nytimes.com/2025/11/28/s...
Closed out Thanksgiving with a visit to our neighbor's house for dessert. I had a chance to talk with a Trumpist who also believes that aliens are on their way to Earth. I responded that they couldn't arrive soon enough.
November 28, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Closed out Thanksgiving with a visit to our neighbor's house for dessert. I had a chance to talk with a Trumpist who also believes that aliens are on their way to Earth. I responded that they couldn't arrive soon enough.