Trivia 5-3-16 Nickname

[CheathamHill]

Old Abe, an American bald eagle who served as the mascot for the Eighth Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment.

 

[Chattahooch33]

Old Abe of the 8th Wisconsin

 

[rhettbutler1865]

What Civil War figure was nicknamed the War Eagle?

credit: @Hunter

"Old Abe", the American bald eagle and mascot of the 8th Wisconsin Volunteer Inf. Reg.

 

[lelliott19]

"Old Abe" the bald eagle mascot of the 8th Wisconsin Infantry

 

[sarladaise]

"Old Abe", a bald eagle, was the mascot of the 8th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment

 

[jackt62]

"Old Abe," an American bald eagle was the mascot for the Eighth Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment

 

[gentlemanrob]

Robert H. "War Eagle" Milroy

 

[7th Texas Mounted Rifles]

'Old Abe' - a bald eagle, and the mascot for the 8th Wisconsin Vols.

Known as the 'Yankee Buzzard' by Confederates.

That is hilarious!

 

[ErnieMac]

Old Abe, the American bald eagle that was the mascot of the Eighth Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment.

 

[chellers]

It is unclear to me if you are asking for an animal or human as I've found references to both.

Old Abe, the War Eagle, was mascot of 8th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment.
http://www.army.mil/article/91178/
Above is my answer.

Additionally, I found rare references to Nathan B Forrest as the War Eagle.

 

[CjkCjkCJk]

President Abraham Lincoln

Edit - Old Abe, the mascot of the 8th Wisconsin, was named for Abraham Lincoln. The mascot was nicknamed War Eagle, but I can find no source indicating that that nickname was ever applied to Abraham Lincoln.

Hoosier

 

[FarawayFriend]

... I wanted to add that of course I know the story of "Old Abe" too, the famous war eagle of the 8th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry. But in his case I thought the nickname was "Old Abe" while in my first story the nickname of the eagle named Anvre was "War Eagle". I have a hunch that "Old Abe" may have been the right answer, or better the answer that was sought for, but will stubbornly cling to my first post ... not because I don't know this story, but because I find the other story more fitting to the question
(and I know I will probably pay a price for being stubborn ...)

Oh, btw, @ami , where is the "Delete" button? The other day I had hit "Post reply" accidentally while I was in the midst of answering. Normally I would have deleted that crippled post and written a new one, but that seems no longer possible?!

 

[E_just_E]

James Seddon

Edit - Seddon served longer than anyone else in the post of Confederate Secretary of War, but I can find no source indicating that nickname of War Eagle was ever applied to him.

Hoosier

 

[DickWilliams]

An eagle found on a Civil War battlefield and raised by a veteran of that war

 

[GELongstreet]

Old Abe; an actual eagle and mascot of the 8th WI Infantry ... and later in stylized form for the 101st Airborne Division.

 

[hoosier]

Old Abe, a bald eagle who served as the mascot for the 8th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry

 

[57th Indiana Infantry]

Eugene Asa Carr

Edit - James King wrote a biography of Carr and titled it "War Eagle...," so I will accept this answer.

Hoosier

 

[ami]

Answer: Nathan Bedford Forrest. Is the Answer I was given, however, it seems this was not a cut and dry question. @hoosier it is up to you how to score.

Edit - In addition to Forrest, I am accepting answers of Robert Milroy, Eugene Asa Carr, Old Abe the mascot of the 8th Wisconsin, and the Auburn University mascot who supposedly was discovered on a Civil War battlefield.

Hoosier

 

[ami]

Oops I forgot to lock this. Any answers posted after I posted the answer will be deleted.