HIS 200 Project (1)
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Matthew Mastrorocco
HIS-200 Applied History
Project 1
3/21/2023
Southern New Hampshire University
1.
For my historical event, I want to research what position the Irish immigrants took during
the American Civil War and how it essentially shaped their future. Irish immigrants were
subject to social discrimination due to the belief that their skills were not suitable. A
turning point that affirmed their assimilation is when Irish Americans enlisted in the army
to show support for the Union, demonstrating their patriotism making this event
significant.
2.
One of the secondary sources that I am deciding to use is a book called, “The Global
Dimensions of Irish Identity: Race, Nation, and the Popular Press, 1840-180”. It was
written by Cian T. McMahon and published in 2015. It goes in detail of how the Irish
political stance at the time gravitated them towards joining the war in support of the
union. How these decisions affected their future in assimilating. Another secondary
source I chose was written by Lawrence McCaffrey in 2004 and is called, “Ireland and
Irish America: Connections and Disconnections”. This goes into a little bit about the
progress of the Irish immigrants and how that assimilated them. When searching for these
sources it was a bit difficult in trying to find exactly what I was looking for, however, the
most significant information is the struggle the Irish faced when they came to this
country, their involvement within the civil war, and the outcome and assimilation.
3.
My two primary sources are listed below:
Poole, J. (1854). No Irish Need Apply. H. De Marsan, Publisher, 54 Chatham Street, New
York.
https://www.loc.gov/resource/amss.as109730.0/?st=text
Cronin, S. (2012). An Irishman’s Civil War Diary. Irish America Magazine.
https://www.irishamerica.com/2012/07/an-irishmans-civil-war-diary/
Both of these primary sources are great resources to look at actual lyrics from a song that
was written during this time and also looking into Michael Dougherty’s diary that he kept
of his experiences as an Irish American immigrant who served in Civil War. These first
hand experiences gives me pertinent information that I can use in referencing how Irish
Americans lives were during and after the Civil War, making these sources relevant and
also connects with my secondary sources in which explains more details of how they
assimilated to American life and their progress post war.
4.
Research Question: With the influx of Irish coming to the United States of America in the
1800’s, how did Irish Americans assimilate into American Society by enlisting
themselves in the Civil War? What changed for them after the war?
5.
Audience: I believe the strongest audience would be Irish Americans who are interested
in their family background and who want to learn more about their ancestors. Another
audience would be any immigrants around this time who were immigrating to American
for a better life and who have may experience similar discrimination, for an example
Italian immigrants. Of course, people who are interested in the civil war and who exactly
enlisted in the war. The immigration to the United States is such a strong and powerful
part of our history and by researching more into the origins of this it may open up more
answers to questions that these certain audience members may have.
6.
Message: I believe the end message is to provide my audience with factual information of
the history in how the Irish assimilated into American society, even with the extreme
levels of discrimination. By using real life details, such as my primary sources like lyrics
to a song and a journal that was written by an Irish American soldier in the Civil War, will
be very beneficial to my audience for me to tailor my message. I might need to be
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mindful of historical language and understand not everyone is a historian. My audience
may not know the fine details of what the Irish went through to get to where they are in
America now. They should have a foundation of knowledge though so by knowing this I
can use my resources to compliment my historical analysis to deliver a clear message
with having a conscious of the amount of detail so my audience will stay engaged.