Old Abe, the War Eagle, who took part in 36 battles W.M. Chase

Photograph shows mascot of the 8th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment who was given to the state of Wisconsin after the war.

Printed on recto: "With the Stereoscope, by the fireside, one can wander through strange cities, over bleak mountains and sunny valleys. There are as many beauties lurking in a Stereograph as there are flowers that blush unseen in the meadows. W.M. Chase."
Deposit; Tom Liljenquist; 2018; (D074)
Purchased from: The Union Drummer Boy, Gettysburg, PA, January 2018.
Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs (Library of Congress).
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