Citizen Soldiers in the War of 1812.

George W. Geib; C. Edward Skeen

doi:10.2307/2567625

Citizen Soldiers in the War of 1812.

Journal of American History ◽

10.2307/2567625 ◽

2000 ◽

Vol 86 (4) ◽

pp. 1772

Author(s):

George W. Geib ◽

C. Edward Skeen

Keyword(s):

War Of 1812 ◽

Citizen Soldiers

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C. Edward Skeen. Citizen Soldiers in the War of 1812. Lexington: University Press of Kentucky. 1999. Pp. 229. $27.50

The American Historical Review ◽

10.1086/ahr/105.3.924 ◽

2000 ◽

Keyword(s):

War Of 1812 ◽

Citizen Soldiers

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Citizen Soldiers in the War of 1812

The William and Mary Quarterly ◽

10.2307/2674378 ◽

2000 ◽

Vol 57 (1) ◽

pp. 239

Author(s):

Gerard T. Altoff ◽

C. Edward Skeen ◽

Carl Benn

Keyword(s):

War Of 1812 ◽

Citizen Soldiers

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Citizen Soldiers in the War of 1812

The Michigan Historical Review ◽

10.2307/20173849 ◽

1999 ◽

Vol 25 (2) ◽

pp. 148

Author(s):

Willard Carl Klunder ◽

C. Edward Skeen

Keyword(s):

War Of 1812 ◽

Citizen Soldiers

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Upper Canada Preserved

the general brock university Undergraduate journal of history ◽

10.26522/tg.v5i1.2386 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 5 ◽

pp. 60-68

Author(s):

Nathan Ewen

Keyword(s):

19Th Century ◽

War Of 1812 ◽

Upper Canada ◽

Canadian Society ◽

Canadian Identity ◽

Conscious Effort ◽

Citizen Soldiers ◽

Upper Canadian

Following the end of the War of 1812, there was a conscious effort on the part of prominent Upper Canadians to immortalize the deeds and contributions of the Canadian Militia. Hugely overstating their meagre efforts, these figures claimed the lions share of victory for the citizen soldiers, ignoring the far more meaningful and significant effect that British redcoats and Indigenous warriors had in defeating the Americans. By creating this myth these prominent men, many of whom served in the militia, sought to enrich and entrench their positions in Upper Canadian society. Additionally, this Militia Myth helped form a new sense of Canadian identity (a specifically British version of it), that would be crucial in fostering a new nationalism that would emerge in mid-19th century Upper Canada.

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