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The Daily Dispatch: March 15, 1861., [Electronic resource], Fort Brown. (search)
ested by Capt. Ben McCullough, with 1,500 Texan troops, is memorable in the Mexican war. Its siege then is thus described by a correspondent of the New York Commercial: "The American army of occupation under General Taylor arrived opposite Matamoras, on the Rio Grande, between 11 and 12 o'clock on the morning of the 28th of March, 1846, and eight days afterward, where had previously been erected a staff for the American ensign, the fortifications of Fort Brown were commenced. This extraor "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 occup