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The Daily Dispatch: March 15, 1861., [Electronic resource], Fort Brown. (search)
fications of Fort Brown were commenced. This extraordinary military defence is an earth work of immense size, having six bastions, and is capable of comfortably accommodating five or six regiments. "The fort was planned or carried out with a most extraordinary expedition, under the supervision of the then Captain, now Major Mansfield. Approaching it from Point Isabel, the American side, you perceive the tops of the highest houses in Matamoras, which is on the opposite side of the Rio Grande river. The visitation of the Fort is on a point formed by the remarkable and numerous bends of the river, consequently it is actually surrounded by Mexican territory, as at the time it was occupied by Major Brown, the sea-shore opposite was one continued line of forts and connected batteries. "At this time Fort Brown stood a siege which has no parallel in history. For many days some six forts, commanding all the sides, front and rear, poured into the fort shot and shell; at night the v