Old Abe

Old Abe spreading his wings for his portrait [1]
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 (May 27, 1861 – March 26, 1881) was a bald eagle who was the mascot of the 8th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment in the American Civil War. Later, his image was adopted as the eagle appearing on a globe in Case Corporation's logo and as the screaming eagle on the insignia of the U.S. Army's 101st Airborne Division.[2]

  1. ^ "Old Abe the War Eagle: Controversy". Wisconsin Veterans Museum. Archived from the original on September 21, 2016. Retrieved 2016-07-27. The Wisconsin Veterans Museum and the University of Wisconsin Biotechnology Center's Molecular Archaeology Group tested four Old Abe feathers from the museum's collection and found conclusively that Old Abe was a male eagle.