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This Day in Minnesota History

January 16, 1898

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The Twelfth, Thirteenth, and Fourteenth Regiments of the Minnesota Volunteer Infantry depart for training to fight in the Spanish-American War. Only the Thirteenth Regiment saw combat, in the Philippines.

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