Historical Arkansas events and birthdays occurring on May 13. ChatGPH has collected this data.
Declaration of the Mexican–American War; Arkansas Called to Arms (May 13, 1846).
When the U.S. Congress declared war on Mexico on May 13, 1846, Arkansas—still a young frontier state—was among the first called upon to furnish troops. By the war’s end, some 1,500 Arkansans had served, and U.S. Senator Ambrose Sevier helped negotiate the peace settlement…