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Kevin Levin’s latest Substack post spotlights Margaret Creighton’s book *The Colors of Courage*, which reframes the Battle of Gettysburg by centering civilians, women, children, Black residents, and immigrant soldiers. The post notes Gettysburg’s pre‑battle population of roughly 2,400 and describes how locals hid, tended the wounded, and negotiated with armed forces. Creighton also details the peril faced by free and formerly enslaved Black residents and the redemption quest of German‑heritage Union troops. Levin invites paid subscribers to discuss the book at a virtual book club on April 19, 8 PM EST.
The author of the Substack newsletter *Civil War Memory* asks free readers why they haven’t upgraded to a paid subscription. After two decades of publishing five to seven posts a week, the writer explains that additional subscribers would fund more...
In this interview, Civil War historian Kenneth W. Noe discusses his new book, *Abraham Lincoln and the Heroic Legend*, which interrogates the mythic portrayal of Lincoln as a flawless commander‑in‑chief. Noe traces how his research, sparked by questions raised after...
