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 To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices