Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Minnesota” in chapter 8 of Benson J. Lossing, Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War. Volume 1.:

... flag. It gave assurance of an earnest desire for peace with and good — will toward the people of the South; thanked General Scott for his patriotic efforts, and declared that the people of Minnesota would never consent to the obstruction of the free navigation of the Mississippi River, from its source to its mouth, by any power hostile to the Federal Government. By a careful observation of ...
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Entity Corpus Doc Corpus Doc  
Minnesota (Minnesota, United States) 1,710 26 0 0 0 user votes
Minnesota (California, United States) 0 0 0 0 0 user votes
Minnesota (Georgia, United States) 0 0 0 0 0 user votes
Minnesota (Minnesota, United States) 0 0 0 0 0 user votes

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