Photograph
Old Abe and the 8th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry
| "Old Abe" and "Color Guard" of the Eighth Regiment, Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, posed in uniform, outside with Old Abe on a shield perch. Likely Edward Homaston of Eau Claire holding the perch. Sgt. Ambrose Armitage is third from left. The portion of the photograph featuring Old Abe appears to be altered. |
| Image ID: | 1945 |
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| Creation Date: | 07 1863 |
| Creator Name: | Unknown |
| City: | Vicksburg |
| County: | |
| State: | Mississippi |
| Collection Name: | Subject albums, 1753?-1990? (bulk circa 1850s-circa 1950s) |
| Genre: | Photograph |
| Original Format Type: | photographic print, b&w |
| Original Format Number: | Album 17.20 |
| Original Dimensions: | 6.75 x 4.25 inches |
| Presented by William W. Bartlett of Eau Claire, WI, 1912 See Image ID: 78934 for a photograph of a painting by C.L. Richman, owned by Mr. Shedd of Marshall Field and Co., Chicago. The painting may have been done over a copy of the Vicksburg photograph. This picture also exists as a lithograph issued by Dunlap, Sewall and Spaulding of Chicago, and as a wood engraving in Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper. |
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| Location: | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives, 4th Floor, Madison, Wisconsin |
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