Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1865-05-11
BOYS AND GIRLS.

Eagle,
| I'll tell you about it.
The great Northwestern Sanitary Fair will open
/ in Chicago on the 30th of Nav to raise money
for the sick and wounded soldiers. Ihave arranged
plan by which all boys and girls in the Union can
DO something to help this Fair, and at the same
time DO favor to every of their friends. The
plan il this:
! You have all heard Of the celebrated Lire Ea gle
of the sth Wisconsin Regiment, short sketch of
which you will find below. We are preparing u
great many thousand brGutifRI Album pictures in
oil eoiors of this Eagle, "Old Abe" And lwant
you help sell these pictures for the Sanitary Fair
The pictures will also OF course, be for sale at the
Fair.
am organizing what call the Army Of the
American EGQle.
1 Every person who buys one or more Of these pic
lures will be private in this army.
! Every boy girl who sells number Of the pic
lures shall be officer, and rank in proportion to
the number Of pictures he or she may sell. They
sell singly for fifteen cents, but when you get up
4 club, will send ten to one address for one dollar,
or one hundred for nine dollars.
] hereby appoint every boy and girl who shall
read this recruiting officer Now to WORK, every
ono of yOu
As soon as YOU send me the money will send
you the pictures. post paid, and send YOU rec ular
/ Commission Handsomely printed shelving that you
are officer in the ARM Of The American EAGLE.
/ The boy girl who will get up club and send
money for
/ Ten Pictures shall be Corporal.
Twenty Pictures shall DE a Sergeant.
! Forty Pictures shall be a 81 Lieutenant
Sixty Pictures shall bea Let Lieutenant
One Hundred Pictures shall be Captain.
Three Hundred Picture: shall be Major
I Five Hundred Pictures shall be Lieut. Colonel.
I One thousand Pictures shall be Colonc!
Two thousand Pictures shall be a Brig. General.
| -Four Thousand Pictures shall be VI u. G. enerlI.
/ Hnrah. Boys and Girl. Let's 20 into this work
like soldiers and let the ArmY of the American
Eagle raj e at least Ten Thousand D0ilGrs for the
Sanitary Fair. We can do it, Let's say ,re ,riR
IL Our Eagle Army is succeeding so far beyond
anything anticipated that we have concluded TO a.
ward the following really elegin, Prizes to the boy
and girl who shall sell the largest number of these
pictures before the Fair opens. Each shall receive
a GOLD MEDAL Of honor. These two medals
will bear appropriate Inscriptions and devices
There will be but two GoLn MEDALS, unless the two
highest boys the two highest girls should sell
the same number of pictures, in whic. case they
will be rewarded alike.
Besides these gold medals there will be six Silver
Medals for The girls and FOR the bows. There will
also be ten Bronze Medals for the girls and ten
I for the boys
/ All these Medils will be Inscribed 81 "a TO show
the gree of honor Intended to be conferred and
will lie awarded TO those who have sold the most
of these pictures for the Fair.
! The successful competitors will be telccr, phcd
to soon as the result is known, in time tor them
TO attend the Fair. where the prizes will be publicly
awarded to them in the presence of the Eagle him
self, and the assembled dignita:ies of the ration
! great many of the chief men and women of
our country Will be here.
| We offer these rewards not because the BOYS and
girls OF America need any other incentive than ex-
allied patriotism to work for our soldiers, but be
cause we think the hard workers should be hon
ored.
! The proceeds Of the sale Of these pictures will
be applied to the purposes of the Sanitary Fair.
We give below short account OF this noble bird
written bv staff officer of TIE regiment:
"Allow introduce to you an object OF in
terest. The "Old Eagle" He may be seen a little
above the heads of the soldiers, close bv the 1ig
This position OF honor IS never dsallowed him.
The perch upon which he sits is borne by young
man in Company c, to whom his safe keeping is
exclusively intrusted. He was
taken from the nest in Chippeway County, Wis
cousin, July, 1861 by Chippeway InGian, and by
him presented to farmer by. He sub
sequently bought by a citizen of Eau Claire, who
presented him to Company G, 9Th regiment The
present excellent commander of that company
Captain Wolf. gave him the name of ABE the
name by which he is uniformly known among US,
and to which only he deigns 10 answer. When
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slant the men began to cheer, he spread his wings
and taking one Of the small flags attached 70 his
perch in his bcak, he remained in that position
until borne to the quarters of the late Col. Murphy
Ever since he was mustered into the Service his
wings have been instantly oustretchcd on the oc-
casion of any cheering by the regiment. To sim
liar demonstrations in adjacent regiments he pays
70 regard. He has been in all
the battles OF the regiment equally exposed with
the troops. At the battle of Huntington, May
9Th, 1862. the men were ordered to lay down.
The instant they did so, il was impossible to keep
him on his perch. He insisted on being protected
as well as they, and when liberated hattened him
self on the ground, and there remained till the
men arose. when with outspread wings he resumed
his place Of peril, and held it to the close Of the
contest.
"At the battle Of Corinth, the rebel Genera,
Price having discovered him, ordered his men to
be sure and take him il they could not kill him.
adding that he had rather get that bird than the
whole brigade. Upon the whole he is a magnf-
cent Bird and, opine, will, ere long, spread
his wings in triumph over new sections of now dis
loyal territory"
Since this paragraph was written, onr eagle has.
with his regiment, served out his term of enlist
s,ent, and ut its close was presented TO Governor
Lewis OF Wisconsin. He now rests on his laurels,
living in apartments fitted up expressly for him in
the State House Park at Madison.
Governor Lewis has consented to his coming to
our Great Northwestern Fair in May, to exhibit
himself for the benefit of the sick and wounded
soldiers-his comp inions in arms.
Children will remember that we have no AGENTS
of any kind for the Army of the American Eogle
or for our picture. All children may act RE
cRUrTING OFFICERS, but all money must be sent to
the undersigned, who alone can issue commissions
We arenow stereotyping complete and anthem
tic history Of our soldier bird. which will be pub
shed and sold ut the Great Fair. for the benefit of
the soldiers. copy ofthis book will be presented
free Of charge to every Colonel and General OF the
Army of the American Eagle.
Be to write plainly, your nanle, post Office,
county and state. Address
ALFRED L. SEwELL,
Care OF Dunlop, Sewell & Spalding.
Chicago, Illinois.