A Medal of Honor and a Holy… euchre deck?

by communications@oberlinheritage.org | Nov 13, 2014 | Oberlin and the Civil War

by Ron Gorman, Oberlin Heritage Center volunteer docent November 1864 – 150 years ago this month – saw a curious spectacle in the American Civil War. After Union General William Sherman captured the city of Atlanta from Confederate General John Bell Hood,...

The Battle of the Crater: 150 years ago

by communications@oberlinheritage.org | Jul 25, 2014 | Oberlin and the Civil War

by Ron Gorman, Oberlin Heritage Center volunteer docent The party was such a success that it would make the local paper. Fifty guests crowded into the house on South Water Street (present day Park Street) – among them the Mayor of Oberlin, Civil War veterans,...

Oberlin Has Tie to “12 Years a Slave” Character

by communications@oberlinheritage.org | Jan 8, 2014 | Abolition

By David Fiske, Co-author of Solomon Northup: The Complete Story of the Author of Twelve Years a Slave, Praeger, 2013. Though Louisiana is the primary setting for the film 12 Years a Slave, there is a connection between Oberlin and one of the characters featured in...

Lewis Clarke: Hero in his own right

by communications@oberlinheritage.org | Apr 9, 2013 | Abolition

by Ron Gorman, Oberlin Heritage Center volunteer docent In my last blog entry, A Tale of Two Abolitionist Towns, I mentioned an Oberlin resident named Lewis Clarke (sometimes spelled Clark), who was born into slavery but eventually escaped, made his way north, and...