Wisconsin Stories: Civil War at Home

Old Abe, mascot of the Wisconsin 8th Regiment



3. Old Abe's fame spread rapidly, as evident from this engraving from the October 14, 1861 New York Illustrated News . The illustration was printed a few months after the Eighth Regiment of the Wisconsin Volunteers mustered out of Camp Randall. Album 17.19 WHi (X3) 14023

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Engraving of Old Abe based on sketch byA.W. Grippen.
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