8th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment

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8th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment
Flag of Wisconsin.svg
ActiveSeptember 13, 1861 September 5, 1865
Country United States
Allegiance Union
Branch Infantry
Size Regiment
Engagements
Commanders
Colonel Robert C. Murphy
ColonelGeorge W. Robbins
Colonel John W. Jefferson
Colonel William B. Britton
Old Abe, the live war eagle of Wisconsin, 1876. From the Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress Old Abe, the live war eagle of Wisconsin, from the Centennial LCCN2012650046.jpg
Old Abe, the live war eagle of Wisconsin, 1876. From the Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress

The 8th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment was a volunteer infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. The 8th Wisconsin's mascot was Old Abe, a bald eagle that accompanied the regiment into battle.

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Service

The 8th Wisconsin was raised at Madison, Wisconsin, and mustered into Federal service September 13, 1861.

The regiment was mustered out on September 5, 1865, at Demopolis, Alabama.

Jerome Case chose the eagle mascot as the trademark of Case Corporation Old Abe Case mascot.JPG
Jerome Case chose the eagle mascot as the trademark of Case Corporation

Battles

The 8th Wisconsin Infantry along with their mascot Old Abe The War Eagle attended numerous battles and lesser engagements during the war: [1]

Total enlistments and casualties

The 8th Wisconsin initially mustered 870 men and later recruited an additional 333 men, for a total of 1,203 men. [3] The regiment lost 2 officers and 53 enlisted men killed in action or who later died of their wounds, plus another 2 officers and 219 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 280 fatalities. [4]

Commanders

Notable members

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References

  1. "Old Abe the Civil War Eagle, Eau Claire County in the Civil War". Archived from the original on 2008-05-09. Retrieved 2008-03-30.
  2. Cyrus F. Jenkins Civil War Diary, 1861–1862: Civil War Timeline: June 30, 1861–1862
  3. 8th Wisconsin Archived March 26, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
  4. Civil war Archive

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