1885 Old Abe War Eagle 8th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment Civil War Book Rare 1st
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Old Abe, The Eighth Wisconsin War Eagle.A Full Account of his Capture and Enlistment, Exploits in War and Honorable As Well as Useful Career in Peace.With an Appendix.By F.A.F.Blue and Gold pictorial flexible board covers with gold embossed image of "Old Abe"the War Eagle on front cover and title lettering "Old Abe 1861"also in gold embossed lettering.Published by Curran and Bowen, Madison, Wisconsin, copyright 1885, First Edition.Copyright Page states "Copyright 1885, by John W.Curran... of the 5th Wisconsin and Eugene Bowen of the 92nd New York.Cramer, Aikens & Cramer, Printers and Stereotypers, Milwaukee, Wis."Book has 173 Pages and several black and white plates.This is the Original and Rare, 1885 First Edition of this book on the history of the famous "Old Abe"the War Eagle and Civil War Mascot of the famous 8th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment.The various chapters of the book cover "the eagle's ancient fame, capture and early life of Old Abe, in the service, on to the front, conduct in battle, antics in camp, Corinth and other Battles, the Campaign in Tennessee and Mississippi, the Siege of Vicksburg, the Red River and other expeditions and Old Abe at home and on a furlough".Further chapters concern "returning to the front, mustered out war reminiscences, the ways of Peace Northwestern Sanitary Fair, Milwaukee Soldiers Home and Soldiers Orphans' Home.Pittsburgh and Peoria Gatherings, Old Abe Nominates Grant for President, celebrations and reunions, at the Centennial, two months in Boston, more reunions the Grant Banquet, Old Abe's Semitragic death and Anecdotes and Characteristics".Then the book closes with a number of interesting Appendices including "Old Abe's Battles, list of his Attendants in War and His Attendants in Peace"statistics "Troops in the Union Army with Bounties by State, casualty statistics, history of the American Flag and nice "Chronological History of the Rebellion"and several pages of Civil War poems (Sheridan's Ride, Old Abe at Corinth, Marching Through Georgia etc.)The book is nicely illustrated with four black and white plates, a frontispiece illustration of "Old Abe in 1865"and three black and white plates of US Grant, William Tecumeseh Sherman and Philip H.Sheridan".The famous 8th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment and their Mascot "Old Abe"the War Eagle fought in the Battles of "siege of New Madrid and Island No.10, Farmington Miss.Iuka Miss.Corinth Miss.Assault on Vicksburg Miss.surrender of Vicksburg, Pleasant Hill, La.Bayou Rapide, La.Moore's Plantation La.Mechanicsburg Miss.etc."Actual book size is 5 by 6 3/4 inches.Condition is very good a nice, tight, complete and essentially clean book.Some fading and rubbing to the covers, some smudging and dustiness to covers.The embossed illustration and title lettering on the front cover is still somewhat bright and attractive.Some "rippling"to cover cloth front and back covers.Light wear to flexible board cover edges and slight bumping to cover board corners.Light fading to spine but still bright and attractive, light wear to spine tips.The front and rear inner hinges are tight and all interior pages are tight and intact.There is browning to the interior pages but all pages are still supple and not brittle.Some occasional light smudging and dustiness to pages.The right front endpaper has hand-written in pencil "E.& B.M's First Assistant July 17th 90".Browning and smudging and dustiness etc.to front and rear endpapers.No dustjacket(if ever issued with one).The book is in quite collectible condition.This Rare, Original, 1885 First Edition of "Old Abe the Eighth Wisconsin War Eagle"published in Madison, Wisconsin would make a fine addition to your rare 8th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment in the Civil War historical book and memorabilia collection.A great addition as well to your Wisconsin in the Civil War library.
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