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The 12th Wisconsin Infantry reportedly had two according to different sources:
The first and probably the answer you are looking for: They had a tame Bear, for a mascot.
http://host.madison.com/news/local/...cle_63ba48e6-ea94-575c-aa43-dc543d555fae.html
But there is also this from one of our threads from last year: "Both the 12th Wisconsin and the 104th Pennsylvania kept tame raccoons as unit mascots."
http://civilwartalk.com/threads/someone-remembers-old-douglas.92521/
The first and probably the answer you are looking for: They had a tame Bear, for a mascot.
http://host.madison.com/news/local/...cle_63ba48e6-ea94-575c-aa43-dc543d555fae.html
But there is also this from one of our threads from last year: "Both the 12th Wisconsin and the 104th Pennsylvania kept tame raccoons as unit mascots."
http://civilwartalk.com/threads/someone-remembers-old-douglas.92521/