A Comparison of Patriotism: A Reflection of a Union Soldier's Memoir

Document Type

Oral Presentation

Campus where you would like to present

Ellensburg

Event Website

https://digitalcommons.cwu.edu/source

Start Date

15-5-2019

End Date

15-5-2019

Abstract

This research paper seeks to understand the changing perception of patriotism following the Civil War. The memoir analyzed within this paper was written by Marcellus C. Hibbard, the piece analyzed was about his part in the battle of Chattanooga. The section considers the courage and dedication that the Union soldiers must have felt swarming up the sides of the woodworks to overpower the Confederates and compares this motivation and eagerness versus how soldiers today approach similar situations. The paper regards the knowledge of patriotism felt within soldiers and how the understanding of what it means to be American fluctuates often. The research done infers that due to the varying understandings of what the United States represents on a person to person level, there may also be some different interpretations of what the United States and therefore soldiers are fighting for. The memoir, paired with books evaluating the political culture of today and that of the Civil War era leads the paper to come to the conclusion that there has been a major shift of thinking for soldiers today compared to those who fought in the Civil War.

Faculty Mentor(s)

Daniel Herman

Department/Program

History

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A Comparison of Patriotism: A Reflection of a Union Soldier's Memoir

Ellensburg

This research paper seeks to understand the changing perception of patriotism following the Civil War. The memoir analyzed within this paper was written by Marcellus C. Hibbard, the piece analyzed was about his part in the battle of Chattanooga. The section considers the courage and dedication that the Union soldiers must have felt swarming up the sides of the woodworks to overpower the Confederates and compares this motivation and eagerness versus how soldiers today approach similar situations. The paper regards the knowledge of patriotism felt within soldiers and how the understanding of what it means to be American fluctuates often. The research done infers that due to the varying understandings of what the United States represents on a person to person level, there may also be some different interpretations of what the United States and therefore soldiers are fighting for. The memoir, paired with books evaluating the political culture of today and that of the Civil War era leads the paper to come to the conclusion that there has been a major shift of thinking for soldiers today compared to those who fought in the Civil War.

https://digitalcommons.cwu.edu/source/2019/Oralpres/91