by communications@oberlinheritage.org | Dec 24, 2024 | Oberlin and the Civil War
The Squirrel Hunters: Citizen Soldiers and the Defense of Ohio in the Civil War By Richard Donegan-AmeriCorps Civil War 150 Leader 2012 at the Oberlin Heritage Center (2012) – In late summer of 1862 two Confederate forces, one under General Robert E. Lee and the...
by communications@oberlinheritage.org | Dec 24, 2024 | Oberlin and the Civil War
The 7th OVI at The Battle of Kernstown—March, 1862 By Richard Donegan AmeriCorps Civil War 150 Leadership Volunteer 2012 at the Oberlin Heritage Center (2012) – As 1862 began, President Lincoln urged his Generals to advance against the forces of the Confederacy...
by communications@oberlinheritage.org | Dec 24, 2024 | Oberlin and the Civil War
Hiram Alonzo Pease: The Legend of a Principled Abolitionist By Richard Donegan-AmeriCorps Civil War 150 Leadership Volunteer at the Oberlin Heritage Center (2012) – One of Oberlin’s proudest legacies is the town’s role in the Underground Railroad and the fight...
by communications@oberlinheritage.org | Dec 24, 2024 | Oberlin and the Civil War
7th Ohio Volunteers at Kessler’s Cross Lanes By Richard Donegan AmeriCorps Civil War 150 Leadership Volunteer 2012 at the Oberlin Heritage Center On April 12, 1861, an Oberlin College student named Martin M. Andrews turned 22 years old. While the day would prove...
by communications@oberlinheritage.org | Dec 17, 2015 | Abolition, Oberlin and the Civil War, Reconstruction Era, Women's Rights
by Ron Gorman, Oberlin Heritage Center volunteer docent, researcher and trustee Frances (“Fanny”) Jackson came to Oberlin in 1860 with a dream – a dream “to get an education and to teach my people”, she said. “This idea was deep in...
by communications@oberlinheritage.org | Jun 12, 2015 | Abolition, Oberlin and the Civil War
by Ron Gorman, Oberlin Heritage Center volunteer docent, researcher and trustee This year marks the 150th anniversary of the first “Juneteenth” – June 19, 1865 – a day which has come to commemorate the end of slavery in the United States. ...
