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, ,Ce fri' , i ln thas unusual photo dating from the Clvll War we see the war eagle OLD ABE posed with hrs keepers Wrflz us :wr . . Our ffmblem Old ,466 J J Old Abe the proudest eagle that ever flew the skles rode wuth hrs regtment for three years tn the Cnvnl War and never lost a battle No other bard has ever known so much fame Hrs career began the day an lndran named Chref Sky chopped down a pme tree to fund two baby eagles deserted by thelr parents H took them back to camp and although one baby btrd dred the other grew into 0 handsome American Bald Eaglet ln summer Chnef Sky made hrs yearly canoe trap down stream to the town of Eau Clanre and took not only the usual artucles but also the young eagle Almost anyone would have taken a fancy to hum and he mught have lrved out hrs years In Eau Clarre But at Jtm Falls Damel McCann came along and offerea a bushel of corn for the bnrd and Chuef Sky accepted the offer A few months later the Ctvnl War broke out and Dan McCann began to have udeas as to what mlght be a good place for an eagle What better mascot could there be than a llve Amerncan Eagle? Realnzrng no ftner symbol could be found the men of Company C were takmg up a collectlon to pay McCann the two and a half dollars he asked when a stranger bought the bnrd and presented at to the reglment With all formalnty the new recrunt was sworn unto the Federal Army James McGmnns offered to take care of htm and became the ftrst eagle bearer nn the hnstory of our notnon He made Old Abe G Staff with a perch and two members of the Ladues And Socuety made flags for erther stde of tt On September 5 1861 the new recrunt led Company C through the streets of Eau Clatre Along the streets the soldners swung nn step to the marchlng musuc as the crowd cheered for the Company and thenr new mascot When the Company arrrved at the parade grounds at Camp Randall Maduson Old Abe evtdently stnrred by the playung of Yankee Doodle flew up and took the corner of the Stars and Strupes tn hrs beak The company by tts own vote changed nts name to the Eau Clanre Eagles To the publuc at was known as The Eagle Regiment Old Abe always rode to the left of the colors ln battle and on the march and was carrted an the same manner as the flag After the fame of the group spread the company got many offers from people wlllrng to pay the men who grew to love hum as a leader To the soldrers Old Abe seemed almost human They clatmed they could understand by the pntch of has voice what he meant to say Durmg spare hours between battles Old Abe even went swrmmmg wnth the company and caught fnsh too In battle he had many narrow escapes Many tnmes the Confederate soldrers could be heard shoutmg Get the eagle for they knew what an msprrotton he was to the men Even as Old Abe has become the symbol of our school splrrt he also had a lot to do wnth the splrnt that kept has regrment gonng from victory to vnctory After servmg three years a group of the company lourneyed north for a furlough and Old Abe was wrth them gomg back to Chuppewa country and the place of has brrth After the war ceased and the War Eagle was back from the battle freld he was housed rn the State Capltol where he soon consrdered hrmself kung of the roost When Andy Jackson another eagle was brought to keep hum company the two fought contnnually and flnolly were separated But Old Abe took more ktndly to a ltttle dove that strayed unto the Capltal through a broken wlndow However hrs lnfe s work was not completed by any means Old Abe appeared at such events as the Chncago Farr the Sanlors and Soldlers Convventton at Ptttsburgh at the nomnnatron of General Grant the great Cenntennual lnternatronal Exposttron rn Phrladelphto and spent three months rn Boston ransmg funds for the preservatlon of Old South Church as a natronal monument He kept olnve the Spnrlt of 61 by ottendung re untons dedlcatuons of monuments and rausung money for veterans hosprtals And at the Republucan Conventron of l88O rndmg near ex presrdent Grant Old Abe appeared for the fmal tame A few days later a fnre broke out rn the Capntol and although he was rescued he d ed o whsle later from the shock of the mcldent He was mounted In a frne glass case and placed nn the State War Museum at the Capltol But an l904 when thus burldrng also burned Old Abe was not rescued And now Old Abe ts but a memory to most people But hes more than that to us He ts the front seat observer at all our school functnons strrrnng us ever forward to vtctory lust as he guuded hrs company through so many battles 12 J J sl . . I . 5 H H - - f . f 9 o n N ' ' - ' ' r ' , , ' ' ' ' ' ' . e I I I I 1 V ' I I I ' ' l . . . . . ,, , , , . - N - H . large sums to purchase the bird. P. T. Barnum offered 520,000 to obtain the eagle for his circus. But no money could separate him from - - A 1, H ' ' II ll I ' 4 - . I . . , ' . , ,, . .' ,, . -
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