8th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment

8th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment
ActiveSeptember 13, 1861 – September 5, 1865
CountryUnited States
AllegianceUnion
BranchInfantry
SizeRegiment
Engagements
Commanders
ColonelRobert C. Murphy
ColonelGeorge W. Robbins
ColonelJohn W. Jefferson
ColonelWilliam 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

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.