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Soldiers Monument
Photographs by Jonah Volk
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The original Soldiers Monument was built in 1870-71 to honor the Oberlinians who had died in the Civil War. It was designed by Professor Charles Churchill, who taught architecture and astronomy. The Monument was located at the south-east corner of College and Professor, where the Conservatory currently stands. Ceremonies were often held at the Monument on Memorial Day.
In the 1930's, the monument was taken down to prevent it from falling down, and in 1942-43, the tablets were installed in a memorial wall in Wright Park (at the corner of Main and Vine). Further plaques were added to honor Oberlinians who died in World Wars One and Two, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War.
The Inscriptions on the tablets and plaques are as follows:
A: To the men of Oberlin who have died in the service of our country.
B: Co. C., 7th OVI [Ohio Volunteer Army, the regiment from Oberlin]
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Joseph H. W. Collins |
Burford Jenkins |
William Parmenter |
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Arthur C. Danforth |
Edward G. Sackett |
Orlando H. Worcester |
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Frederick M. Palmer |
Lewis R. Cates |
Cyrus P. Hamilton |
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Daniel S. Judson |
Romaine J. Kingsbury |
George R. Magary |
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Charles P. Bowler |
James M. Rappleye |
Edward P. Shepard |
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John J. Evers |
Edward W. Goodsell |
Stephen Kellogg |
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Harrison Lewis |
Lt. Henry W. Lincoln |
Harlan B. Cochran |
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Lt. Isaac G. Jones |
H. Dwight Claghorn |
Oliver C. Trembly |
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Capt. O. P. Brockway, 5th USCT |
Lt. E. R. Smith, 5th USCT |
Charles F. King |
Robert Burgett, 8th OVI Martin Torrence, 8th OVI William Bartlett, 8th OVI Nathan H. Whitney, 41st OVI Benoni B. West, 41st OVI John C. Lenhart, 41st OVI George S. Harris, 42nd OVI Seth J. Porter, 43rd OVI Gordon H. Porter, 60th OVI John H. Beam, 60th OVI Hiram K. Bedortha, 60th OVI Patrick R. Nohilly, 65th OVI Samuel M. DeForest, 69th OVI Willis E. Baldwin, 87th OVI Daniel S. Munger, 100th OVI John B. Biddle, 101st OVI Lucius C. Cole, 124th OVI Ira Wade, 124th OVI Henry A. Cowles, 150th OVI George W. Reamer, 150th OVI John Beach, 150th OVI Edward Ells, 150th OVI John Monroe, 150th OVI William E. Leach, 150th OVI Morris Plain, 176th OVI Nathan Gray, 176th OVI Alva Peabody, 176th OVI
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Theodore A. Tenney, 2nd OVC Wilson Jeffries, 2nd OVC John W. Devlin, 1st Colorado C Elisha Gaskins, 5th Mass. C Samuel C. Pettifer, 1st OVA Edmund B. Costa, 1st OVA Thomas Payl, 1st OVA James Stone, 1st OVA Reuben Turner, 3rd USCA Franklin White, 2nd Mich. Bat. James Matthews, 5th USCT Henderson Taborn, 5th USCT Capt. W. A. Pinney, 27th USCT Nelson Sawyer, 27th USCT Isaac Smith, 27th USCT Scipio Torrence, 27th USCT George Dudgeon, 27th USCT Lt. W. P. Michener, 44th USCT Richard Chambers, 88th USCT Henry Clarke, 1st NY RI Francis D. Ingersoll, 116th NY William W. White Lt. Sylvester S. Dillman
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Alonzo E. Pellett, 1st Kan. William Black, 54th Mass. Henry Real, 54th Mass. Edward Williams, 54th Mass. William Mitchell, 54th Mass. Harrison Nichols, 54th Mass. Oliver B. Ridgeway, 54th Mass. John Tillman, 55th Mass. New Year B. Morris, 178th OVI George Hallauer, 15th KT Henry A. Brewster Archibald McArthur Charles More Henry Sands Edward M. West Capt. William H. Connet Lt. Herbert Kenaston
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F: Esteeming courage to be freedom and
freedom to be happiness, do not weigh too nicely the perils of war.
-Pericles
G: Our brave volunteers who fell in the war for the Union, 1861-1865.
H: Ringgold, Petersburg, Fort Harrison, Five Forts, Gold Harbor, Okistee, Port Hudson
I: Cross Lanes, Chattanooga, Winchester, Port Republic, Cedar Mountain, Antietam
J: Fredericksburg, Stone River, Gettysburg, Fort Wagner, Chicamauga, Pittsburg Landing
K: There abideth also an unwritten memorial of them graven not on stone but in the hearts of men. -Pericles
L: World War I,
1917-1918 Jacob F. Alderer Paul E. Surton Wilfred A. Cobb Karl W. Locke Harry E. Mason Lawrence McCarty Paul S. Roberts Thomas J. Quayle Donald J. Slack George Stevens Paul S. Whitehead
M: Korean Conflict
William R. Gaeubau, Willard B. Holmes
Vietnam Conflict
Warren T. Scott, Gene A. White
N: World War II,
1941-1945 Clifton D. Carter Charles M. Cummings Ralph V. Dale Richard S. Dudley Ralph A. Fowls Carl F. Gutman James T. Hall Clyde A. Justin Fred W. Kleps, Jr. Bernard A. Linden Leo V. McGinty Jay W. Pycraft Perry L. Shook Ferrier H. White Louis C. Young Louis Zalka
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