Minnesota, the North Star State

by William Watts Folwell

elected governor of state, [170];

inaugural address (1860), [170];

rescues the school lands, [171];

recommends settling with holders of special state railroad bonds, [172];

reëlected governor (1862), [177];

in Washington on day of attack on Fort Sumter, [178];

tenders a regiment of infantry, [178];

appoints colonels, [189];

appoints Sibley to command the Indian expedition, [211];

elected United States senator (1863), [249];