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coming up next, a conference on the end of the civil war. historians discussed the postwar political and cultural environment in the north. the virginia secretary organized this event. our topic is the union cause in the war and in the framework of how americans remembered it from the wartime generation and later. everybody is awake. matt, john, and joan are our panel this time around. the first question i want us to talk about is what union meant to the loyal citizenry during the war. about is what union meant to the loyal citizenry during the war. to begin, i would like all of you to discuss what loyal mea nt within the context of the u.s. effort during the war. joan: i will start. one of the members of the audience came up to me and asked me to make sure there were more jokes in the session. [laughter] i will try. i think at a very basic level, i think these concepts are very tied together, union loyalty and sacrifice, patriotism, nationalism. it meant loyalty or cou
coming up next, a portion of a conference on the end of the civil war. historians discuss the cultural environments in the north. the virginia sesquicentennial organized this event. it is about an hour. our topic is of the union the war and within the framework of how americans remembered it from the wartime generation and later. everybody is awake. matt john, and joan are our panel this time around. the first question i want us to talk about is what union meant to the loyal citizenry during the war. to begin, i would like all of you to discuss what loyal mea nt within the context of the u.s. effort during the war. joan: i will start. one of the members of the audience came up to me and asked me to make sure there were more jokes in the session. [laughter] i will try. i think at a very basic level, i think these concepts are very tied together, union loyalty and sacrifice, patriotism, nationalism. it meant loyalty or country, loyal to the country that was founded in the
our panel this time around. the first thing we will talk about is what union meant to the loyal citizenry. to begin that i would like all of you to discuss what loyal meant in the context of the effort during the war. i will start. one of the members of this audience came up and asked me to make sure there were more jokes. [laughter] i will try. i think at a very basic level i think these concepts are very tried together tied together. union loyalty and sacrifice patriotism and union loyalty. it meant loyal to your country to the country founded in the revolutionary war followed through by george washington that is what northerners thought. to keep union hall and american exceptionalism was popular back then. i think we can look at the speeches of abraham lycan for that. the point is it was a country very well aware of the history and the importance of keeping that country together. not just the confederacy which harkens back meaningfully to the revolution. the union
gary: is it fine not to put on a blue uniform? [laughter] i don t want everyone to talk at once. in the first rush to the colors, there is no conscription, of course, on either side. the absolute majority of all men on both sides were true volunteers. they went in before there was conscription. the confederate states have been established. the nation is raising armies to repress the rebellion. can you be a loyal male citizen and not offer military service? joan: the answer is yes. i am still thinking about the don t whine. that is a low bar for loyalty. i think things that john and matt brought up occurred during the war because the north was so big, had so many citizens. so many citizens especially in ohio and indiana, and other states with people who settled there before the war. yes. there were divided loyalties complicated loyalties. if we think about what unified the northern section of the united states after fort sumter we have to think of the amazing level of patrio