Wisconsin Stories: Civil War at Home

Old Abe, mascot of the Wisconsin 8th Regiment



9. Forty years after Old Abe's service to the Wisconsin Volunteers, this Milwaukee Litho Company poster celebrated patriotism in schools across Wisconsin. Earlier that year, in 1904, the original remains of Old Abe were destroyed by a fire at the Wisconsin State Capitol. Album 17.28 WHi (X3) 27531 (B+W) WHi (X3) 48404 (color neg.)

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