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"OLE ABE." 



One of the chief attractions in Agricultural Hall, during the Centen- 

 nial Exhibition was the famous "Old Abe,- the veteran War Eagle 

 of V isconsin the hero of no less than thirty-six battles and skirmishes, 

 during the late war. 1 here was always a crowd around him, as he sat 

 perched on a national escutcheon, supported horizontally on a pole, the 



"OLD ABE," THE LIVE WAR EAGLE OF WISCONSIN. 

 "NEVER LOST A BATTLE." 



services of this celebrated Eagle having gained him a national reputa- 

 tion. Among all the incidents of our memorable war, there are few 

 more remarkable than that an Eagle, the emblem of our country, should 

 follow a regiment through all the vicissitudes of a three years' service 

 m the field, always at the front, and never witnessing defeat. 



