Cedarburg History Museum Lecture - "Old Abe: Wisconsin's War Eagle"

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Old Abe, a bald eagle, was the mascot of the 8th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry during the Civil War. He was captured in 1861 from a nest in a pine tree in northern Wisconsin. Old Abe traveled with the regiment from 1861 to 1864, participating in over 30 battles. He was carried on a special perch and became a symbol of Wisconsin’s Civil War history.

Power point presentation discussing his life before, during and after the war.
 

Peter H. Jacobsohn, DDS, is retired from the practice of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery and from the Chair of the Division of Oran and Maxillofacial Surgery of Marquette University School of Dentistry in Milwaukee, WI. He is a past-president of the American Academy of the History of Dentistry and the Civil War Round Table of Milwaukee. Currently, he is emeritus curator of the Dental Museum of Marquette University. He writes and speaks on various topics related to the history of dentistry and medicine as well as aspects of the Civil War, World War I and II.