In September 1850, what was the 31st American state to join the Union?
Lynching in the United States the Spanish colonial period. The Treaty of 1848 expanded United States territory by one-third after the Mexican–American War. To settle the war, Mexico ceded all or parts of Arizona, California, Colorado, Kansas, New Mexico, Nevada, Oklahoma, Texas, Utah, and Wyoming to the United States. In September 1850, California became the 31st state of the United States. Many of the Mexicans who were native to what would become a state within the United States were experienced miners, and they had great success mining gold in California. Their success aroused animosity by white prospectors, who intimidated Mexican miners with the threat of
31st Illinois Infantry Regiment 31st Illinois Infantry Regiment The 31st Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry, nicknamed the "Dirty-First," was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. The 31st Illinois Infantry was organized at Jacksonville, Illinois and mustered into Federal service at Cairo, Illinois, on September 18, 1861. Among the early officers was Major Andrew J. Kuykendall, later a U.S. Representative and Illinois State Senator. The regiment was mustered out on July 19, 1865, and discharged at Springfield, Illinois, on July 31, 1865. The regiment suffered 9 officers and 166 enlisted men who were killed in action or who