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Kevin M. Levin @civilwarmemory.bsky.social · 9h

And this is why we don't take Shelby Foote seriously as a historian. #CivilWarMemory

Kevin M. Levin @civilwarmemory.bsky.social · 14h

I knew I would be spending a good deal of time with Confederate Veteran magazine for my next book project, so I decided to purchase a complete set. Party is at my house, folks.

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Kevin M. Levin @civilwarmemory.bsky.social · 20h

Join us live at 10AM EST for what promises to be a fun and engaging discussion. www.youtube.com/watch?v=BFv_...

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Books, Memory, and Public History LIVE - Historians Off the Clock

YouTube video by The Tattooed Historian

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Kevin M. Levin @civilwarmemory.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

I got a sneak peek of the new museum this past summer. Definitely check it out next time you are in town. #CivilWarMemory 🗃️

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Kevin M. Levin @civilwarmemory.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

For those of you in the Greater Boston area, come on out to hear me talk about my new book next Saturday at the Wellesley Historical Society. www.wellesleyhistoricalsociety.org/events-archi...

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Kevin M. Levin @civilwarmemory.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

The first review of my new biography of Robert Gould Shaw is in and I couldn't be more pleased. Fergus Bordewich nailed exactly how I came away thinking about Shaw's importance and place in the history and memory of the Civil War. 🗃️ www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/bookreview/a...

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A Glorious Fate: The Life and Legacy of Colonel Robert Gould Shaw | Washington Independent Review of Books

The Independent is an important voice in the community of readers and writers dedicated to book reviews and writing about the world of books.

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Warren Milteer @wemilteer.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I'm speaking about my book on free people of color during the Civil War era. Join us this evening at 7 pm Eastern. You can register here: virginiatech.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

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Stephen West @stephenwest.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Is there any chance, I wondered to myself, that this book foregoes saccharine and mistaken appeals to Abe Lincoln? Nope. In the foreword, Jonathan Haidt invokes the "better angels" line from the First Inaugural, failing - as almost every politician does - the "and what happened next?" challenge.

In the polarized America of today, we desperately need leaders who see this danger, understand its causes, and show us a way out. We need figures who rouse the "better angels of our nature," as Lincoln later put it. We need leaders like Governor Spencer Cox.

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American Historical Association @historians.org · 30/09/2026

How can you teach a state’s "hard histories" when state laws ban divisive concepts? In #AHAPerspectives, Katherine Perrotta and Leah Panther use place-based learning to engage students with the histories of Confederate monuments and race in Shermantown and Stone Mountain, Georgia.

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“Things Happened There” – AHA

Youth participatory action research projects invite students to investigate the complex histories of Stone Mountain and Shermantown, Georgia.

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Kevin M. Levin @civilwarmemory.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

If Megan blurbed it, you know it’s at least not going to suck.

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John Garrison Marks @johngmarks.com · 29/09/2026

Congratulations to Kevin! He’s one of a handful of people who have been on roughly the same book schedule as me for the last few years. Excited to see this finally out in the world.

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Jason Herbert @herberthistory.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Big congratulations to two of my dear friends on their book releases today. First up is @civilwarmemory.bsky.social's new book on the life and legacy of Colonel Robert Gould Shaw. You can get this for 30% at @uncpress.bsky.social by using code 01HATM30 uncpress.org/978146969717...

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A Glorious Fate

Robert Gould Shaw (1837–1863) is best known as the heroic colonel who led the 54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment—one of the first regiments of Black so...

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Kevin M. Levin @civilwarmemory.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Thanks to the wonderful staff @brooklinebooksmith.bsky.social for stocking my new biography of Robert Gould Shaw. They now have two signed copies. #booksky

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Kevin M. Levin @civilwarmemory.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Tomorrow is the official publication day for A GLORIOUS FATE. To help mark my book's release, I will be taking part in a live discussion with the A. Lincoln Book Shop at 4:30 pm EST. Join us and pick up your own signed copy of the book. cc: @uncpress.bsky.social alincolnbookshop.com/a-house-divi...

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King Algamemnon @adamrothman.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

US history book alert 🚨🗃 American Pogroms: How Forgotten Massacres Shape America by Daniel Byman global.oup.com/academic/pro...

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American Pogroms: How Forgotten Massacres Shape America

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Kevin M. Levin @civilwarmemory.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

🧵 I am going to be making a big announcement in the very near future about my next book, which is tentatively titled, THE CORNERSTONE OF ROBERT E. LEE'S ARMY: CONFEDERATE SLAVES AT GETTYSBURG. I've been thinking about it primarily as a book about Gettysburg, but it really is about the unraveling...

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Kevin M. Levin @civilwarmemory.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Wonderful to see my book in the hands of so many readers. Tuesday is the official publication day for A GLORIOUS FATE with @uncpress.bsky.social. #booksky

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Kevin M. Levin @civilwarmemory.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Tomorrow at 1PM, I will be speaking about my new biography of Colonel Robert Gould Shaw at the Cape Cod Civil War Roundtable. The meeting will take place at the Dennis Police Department, 90 Bob Crowell Rd, South Dennis, MA. Book signing to follow. bookshop.org/p/books/a-gl...

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A Glorious Fate: The Life and Legacy of Colonel Robert Gould Shaw

Robert Gould Shaw (1837–1863) is best known as the heroic colonel who led the 54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment—one of the first regiments of Black soldiers in the Civil War—in its famous ill-fated...

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Ben Railton @americanstudier.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

The first weekend of autumn brings not only a nor’easter, but also a great reason to stay hunkered down: my 295th #ScholarSunday thread of public scholarly writing, podcast episodes, new & forthcoming books from the past week. Add more below, share widely, & enjoy the scholarly storm, all! 🗃️ +

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#ScholarSunday Thread 295 (9/27/26) – Black and White and Read All Over

The first weekend of autumn brings not only a nor’easter, but also a great reason to stay hunkered down: my 295th #ScholarSunday thread of great public scholarly writing, podcast episodes, new & forth...

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Kevin M. Levin @civilwarmemory.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Getting a couple hours of research in at UVA before heading home later this afternoon.

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David Veevers @davidveevers.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

My old boss has asked me to give his new book a social media bump, because he has wisely chosen never to set up his own account! So I’m happy to announce that ‘Britain’s Slave Traders: A Hidden History’ is available today in all good bookshops! www.penguin.co.uk/books/460026...

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Kevin M. Levin @civilwarmemory.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

But he didn't restore Confederate names to military bases. He found individuals who happen to have the same last names as these Confederate generals. Distinctions matter. Even the neo-Confederate crowd saw right through this move. #CivilWarMemory

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Kevin M. Levin @civilwarmemory.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Feeling incredibly grateful this morning. Thank you to everyone at the John L. Nau Center for Civil War History at UVA for making my visit this week so enjoyable. I can't think of a better way to kick off the book tour for my new bio of Robert Gould Shaw. #booksky 🗃️ uncpress.org/978146969717...

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A Glorious Fate

Robert Gould Shaw (1837–1863) is best known as the heroic colonel who led the 54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment—one of the first regiments of Black so...

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Kevin M. Levin @civilwarmemory.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Just finished an hour-long discussion with graduate students, working in the field of Civil War history, at the University of Virginia. I am feeling invigorated. My lecture begins tonight at 5PM EST. naucenter.as.virginia.edu/2026-27-croz...

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2026-27 Crozer Lecture with Kevin M. Levin

On Wednesday, September 23, historian Kevin M. Levin will deliver our annual Crozer Lecture. He will discuss his forthcoming book, A Glorious Fate: The

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The Civil War Monitor @cwmonitor.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

"A Mother’s Work: Mary Bickerdyke, Civil War Era Nurse" by Megan VanGorder "will be an important addition to scholarly conversations on women’s history and the history of medicine and nursing," writes Sarah Handley-Cousins. Read more here: tinyurl.com/bdh6v49z @uncpress.bsky.social

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Peter Edmonds @termx.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Sound the klaxon, I have received my copy of Kevin M. Levin's new book "A Glorious Fate: The Life and Legacy of Colonel Robert Gould Shaw". Ping @civilwarmemory.bsky.social and @uncpress.bsky.social

Front cover of Kevin M. Levin's new book "A Glorious Fate: The Life and Legacy of Colonel Robert Gould Shaw".

A vivid new portrait of one of the Union cause’s great martyrs

Robert Gould Shaw (1837–1863) is best known as the heroic colonel who led the 54th Massachusetts Infantry—one of the first regiments of Black soldiers in the Civil War—in its famous ill-fated charge against Confederate Fort Wagner on July 18, 1863. Shaw’s sacrifice has been commemorated in monuments, books, and the award-winning film Glory. But before he became a martyr for the Union cause and emancipation, Shaw was a privileged young man who showed little interest in the reform movements that defined his parents' lives or in the moral crisis over slavery that was tearing the nation apart. Volunteering to serve as a duty, he awakened gradually and fitfully to the demands of conscience and command. Only in death was Shaw transformed into the champion for freedom his abolitionist parents hoped he would be.

The first biography of Shaw in a quarter century, A Glorious Fate traces his transformation from a rebellious son into one of the Civil War’s most celebrated heroes. Acclaimed historian Kevin M. Levin also reveals the sacrifice and service of the African American men who fought and died for their freedom afresh through Shaw’s eyes. Though Shaw never fully reconciled his own racial prejudices, Levin shows how the Civil War changed the young colonel as it did the nation.

Order from https://uncpress.org/9781469697178/a-glorious-fate/

Published by The University of North Carolina Press
ISBN 9781469697178 | 320 Pages, 6.12 × 9.25 in, 28 halftones, notes, bibl., index
Publication date: September 29, 2026

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Liz Covart @lizcovart.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

The CFP is up! I've been helping to organize a conference called Constitutions, Everywhere! with others interested in constitutions and the many ways early Americans used them. Please check it out, #Skystorians, as we would love to have you join us and participate.

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Constitutions, Everywhere! Practicing Constitutionalism in Unexpected Times and Places in early modern North America and the British Empire – The Library Company of Philadelphia

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