OLD ABE VETERANS MEMORIAL
OLD ABE (AN AMERICAN BALD EAGLE) BECAME THE MASCOT AND VANGUARD OF COMPANY C, 8TH WISCONSIN INFANTRY DURING THE CIVIL WAR. THE MEN OF THE COMPANY NAMED HIM "OLD ABE" FOR THEIR COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF, PRESIDENT LINCOLN. OLD ABE TOOK PART IN 22 BATTLES AND 30 SKIRMISHES, BEING WOUNDED 3 TIMES. HE LEARNED COMMANDS AND LED THE MEN WHO LOVED HIM INTO BATTLE. HIS COURAGE AND DARING WERE A CONSTANT INSPIRATION.
Listing Details
- Public
- CIVIL WAR
- Statues War or Military Related
- 1995
- PARK FALLS CITY HALL-400 4TH AVENUE SOUTH
- 54552
- MELINDA ROBERTS
- WISCONSINHISTORICALMARKERS.BLOGSPOT.COM
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