[Card depicting the 8th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment's bald eagle, "Old Abe"]
1881
Gibson, Ella E., fl. 1881
With the story of "Old Abe" on the verso. The live eagle reportedly was brought on all the regiment's marches during its first three years. Gibson gives the "true history": Abe was captured by an Indian in 1861 and presented to an officer. In 1864...
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