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Old Abe Displayed to Crowd
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Engraving of Old Abe, mascot of the 8th Wisconsin Civil War Voluntary Infantry, displayed for a crowd. The eagle bearer holds Old Abe's staff perch while two other uniformed soldiers stand nearby. In the background is an indistinct crowd of soldiers with bayonets pointing skyward, and well-dressed onlookers watching the spectacle.Text at bottom reads "The Eagle Bearer, six feet eight and a half inches high, of Captain Perkins' "Chippewa Eagles." Sketched by A.W. Grippen."
October 14, 1861
Grippen, A. W.
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W013J8L
WHi 33811
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Old Abe Composite
circa 1860-1869
Composite paste-up intended to represent "Old Abe," eagle mascot of the Eighth Wisconsin Regiment in the Civil War with his bearer. At the Northwest Sanitary Fair in Chicago, 1865, the bearer was J...
Old Abe on Perch
circa 1860-1869
A wood engraving of Old Abe, Civil War eagle mascot of the 8th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry.
Portrait of Old Abe
circa 1860-1869
Vintage portrait print of Old Abe, 8th Wisconsin Volunteer Regiment's eagle mascot. The print reads at the top, "8th Wisconsin's Famous War-Eagle, 1861-5" and at the bottom, "Old Abe". An America...
Old Abe
circa 1860-1869
Print of a painted portrait of Old Abe, bald eagle mascot of the Eighth Regiment of the Wisconsin Civil Volunteer Infantry, standing on a perch. "Old Abe" is written at the bottom.
Old Abe Perched on a Cannon
May 23, 1865
Chromolithograph portrait of "Old Abe," eagle mascot of Company C, 8th Wisconsin Regiment (the Eau Claire Eagles). Old Abe is perched on a cannon with his head to the right. At the bottom of the im...
