#201-CIVIL WAR SALE: OLD ABE THE EAGLE & UNION ARMY MASCOT TWO-SIDED POSTCARD

The remarkable eagle lived with the 8th Wisconsin over three years during the Civil War and wherever the regiment went Old Abe went along.

The back of the postcard tells a bit of Old Abe's story and notes that the postcards can be purchased for 15 cents each...or ten for a dollar....or 100 for $9. The proceeds from the sales were donated to the Great Sanitary Fair held in May 1865 in Chicago.

The card also noted that a book about Old Abe and his 3-year sojourn with the 8th Wisconsin was going to be published and sold at the Sanitary Fair. In my more than four decades of researching and writing about the Civil War, as well as selling Civil War artifacts, books and other publications I have never seen or heard of the book. I would assume I would've seen it advertised and for sale if it ever was completed.

Old Abe's postcard shows wear but would still display well framed, in a notebook or on display loose along with other items.