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English: The Wisconsin 8th Volunteer Infantry Eagle Regiment with Old Abe at Vicksburg in July 1863. Eagle-bearer Edward Homaston is probably holding the perch. Sgt Ambrose Armitage is third from left.
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Source http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/whi/fullRecord.asp?id=1945 Wisconsin Historical Society Archives]
Author Original Glass Plate Negative from the J. Mack Moore Collection, The Old Court House Museum Vicksburg, MS
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