The history of Company C, Seventh Regiment, O.V.I

This compact volume offers a painstakingly documented portrait of Company C, Seventh Regiment, drawn from soldiers’ own journals, official returns, and the recollections of surviving veterans. The author’s aim is clear: to provide an accurate roll‑call of names, dates, marches, battles, and sieges for future reference rather than to craft a dramatic narrative. Readers will hear the quiet voices of ordinary men who chose duty over comfort, presented with the care of a historian who corrects typographical slips while preserving the original spellings that give the text its period flavor.

The story is inseparable from the ethos of Oberlin College, whose founders bound themselves to Christian benevolence, temperance, and the radical anti‑slavery creed of the “Higher Law.” Young men from virtuous homes traveled from New England to the frontier town, inspired by a conviction that fighting the rebellion was a moral imperative. Their enlistment reflects a community’s collective resolve, offering a glimpse into the ideals that propelled ordinary citizens into the turmoil of the Civil War.