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Douglas Volk's painting, in the Governor's Reception Room at the Minnesota State Capitol in St. Paul, depicts Lt. Col. Judson W. Bishop leading his Second Minnesota Regiment in their famous assault on Mission Ridge, November 25, 1863.
Second Minnesota Volunteer Infantry standing in front of the Long Barracks, Fort Snelling.
Second Minnesota Volunteer Infantry veterans at dedication of monument to Second Minnesota, Snodgrass Ridge, Chickamauga, Georgia.
Black-and-white photograph of the second Mount Zion building.
Photograph of the second Ramsey County courthouse, c.1908. This view is looking northeast. The Victory parking ramp later occupied this space.
The second Shaynowishkung (He Who Rattles, also known as Chief Bemidji) statue, erected in Bemidji in 1952. Photograph by Anne Hantz, 2014.
Second State Capitol, 1886.
The second state capitol and powerhouse prior to demolition, 1937. Photographed by the St. Paul Dispatch.
Second state capitol prior to demolition, 1937. Photographed by the Minneapolis Star Journal.
View of Second Street in Hastings. Postcard featuring a photograph by J. G. Sieben, ca. 1908.