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BROWNSVILLE , a See also:city and the See also:county-seat of See also:Cameron county, See also:Texas, U.S.A., situated near the S. extremity of the See also:state, on the Rio Grande See also:river about 22 M. above its mouth, and
opposite Matamoras, See also:Mexico. Pop. (1890) 6134; (19o0) 6305, including 2462 See also:foreign-See also:born and 18 negroes; (1910) 10,517.
It is served by the St See also:- LOUIS
- LOUIS (804–876)
- LOUIS (893–911)
- LOUIS, JOSEPH DOMINIQUE, BARON (1755-1837)
- LOUIS, or LEWIS (from the Frankish Chlodowich, Chlodwig, Latinized as Chlodowius, Lodhuwicus, Lodhuvicus, whence-in the Strassburg oath of 842-0. Fr. Lodhuwigs, then Chlovis, Loys and later Louis, whence Span. Luiz and—through the Angevin kings—Hungarian
Louis, Brownsville & Mexico, and the Rio Grande See also:railways, being connected by the former with See also:Houston and See also:Galveston and by the latter with Point See also:Isabel on the Gulf See also:coast. Its See also:chief importance lies in its being the commercial and distributing centre for a See also:rich and extensive agricultural region in See also:southern Texas and See also:northern Mexico, and an important See also:market for See also:rice, See also:sugar-See also:cane, See also:fruit, vegetables and live-stock. It has a See also:United States See also:custom See also:house, the Cameron county See also:court house, a See also:Roman See also:Catholic See also:cathedral, St See also:Joseph's See also:College (Roman Catholic), and the Incarnate Word See also:Academy (Roman Catholic). Before the Mexican See also:War there was a small Mexican See also:settlement on the site of Brownsville. In See also:March 1846 See also:General Zachary See also:- TAYLOR
- TAYLOR, ANN (1782-1866)
- TAYLOR, BAYARD (1825–1878)
- TAYLOR, BROOK (1685–1731)
- TAYLOR, ISAAC (1787-1865)
- TAYLOR, ISAAC (1829-1901)
- TAYLOR, JEREMY (1613-1667)
- TAYLOR, JOHN (158o-1653)
- TAYLOR, JOHN (1704-1766)
- TAYLOR, JOSEPH (c. 1586-c. 1653)
- TAYLOR, MICHAEL ANGELO (1757–1834)
- TAYLOR, NATHANIEL WILLIAM (1786-1858)
- TAYLOR, PHILIP MEADOWS (1808–1876)
- TAYLOR, ROWLAND (d. 1555)
- TAYLOR, SIR HENRY (1800-1886)
- TAYLOR, THOMAS (1758-1835)
- TAYLOR, TOM (1817-1880)
- TAYLOR, WILLIAM (1765-1836)
- TAYLOR, ZACHARY (1784-1850)
Taylor erected fortifications here, and upon his withdrawal to Point Isabel, See also:left a small See also:garrison in command of See also:Major See also:Jacob See also:- BROWN
- BROWN, CHARLES BROCKDEN (1771-181o)
- BROWN, FORD MADOX (1821-1893)
- BROWN, FRANCIS (1849- )
- BROWN, GEORGE (1818-188o)
- BROWN, HENRY KIRKE (1814-1886)
- BROWN, JACOB (1775–1828)
- BROWN, JOHN (1715–1766)
- BROWN, JOHN (1722-1787)
- BROWN, JOHN (1735–1788)
- BROWN, JOHN (1784–1858)
- BROWN, JOHN (1800-1859)
- BROWN, JOHN (1810—1882)
- BROWN, JOHN GEORGE (1831— )
- BROWN, ROBERT (1773-1858)
- BROWN, SAMUEL MORISON (1817—1856)
- BROWN, SIR GEORGE (1790-1865)
- BROWN, SIR JOHN (1816-1896)
- BROWN, SIR WILLIAM, BART
- BROWN, THOMAS (1663-1704)
- BROWN, THOMAS (1778-1820)
- BROWN, THOMAS EDWARD (1830-1897)
- BROWN, WILLIAM LAURENCE (1755–1830)
Brown. The fort was assaulted by General Arista and shelled by batteries from the Mexican See also:shore, and at last on the See also:roth of May was relieved by General Taylor, who in advancing to its aid had won the battles of Palo See also:Alto (8th of May) and Resaca de la See also:Palma (9th of May). The fort, originally named Fort Taylor, was renamed Fort Brown, by See also:- ORDER
- ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
- ORDER, HOLY
order of General Taylor, in memory of Major Brown, who was mortally wounded
during the See also:bombardment. In 1859 Brownsville was captured by a See also:band of Mexican raiders under Juan Nepomuceno Cortina.
During the See also:Civil War, until its temporary occupation by Federal forces in 1863, and subsequent effective See also:blockade, it was an active centre of operations of Confederate blockade runners. At See also:Palmetto See also:Ranch, near the battlefield of Palo Alto, took See also:place (13th of May 1865), more than a See also:month after General See also:- LEE
- LEE (or LEGIT) ROWLAND (d. 1543)
- LEE, ANN (1736–1784)
- LEE, ARTHUR (1740–1792)
- LEE, FITZHUGH (1835–1905)
- LEE, GEORGE ALEXANDER (1802-1851)
- LEE, HENRY (1756-1818)
- LEE, JAMES PRINCE (1804-1869)
- LEE, NATHANIEL (c. 1653-16g2)
- LEE, RICHARD HENRY (1732-1794)
- LEE, ROBERT EDWARD (1807–1870)
- LEE, SIDNEY (1859– )
- LEE, SOPHIA (1950-1824)
- LEE, STEPHEN DILL (1833-1908)
Lee's surrender,the last engagement between Federal and Confederate
troops in the Civil War. In Brownsville, on the See also:night of the 13th of See also:August 1906, certain persons unknown fired into houses and at citizens on the streets, killing one See also:man and injuring two. Suspicion pointed to See also:negro soldiers of Companies B, C and D of the 25th See also:Infantry, stationed at Fort Brown, and as it appeared that the culprits were being shielded by their comrades by a " See also:conspiracy of silence," See also:President See also:Roosevelt dismissed the 170 men of the three companies " without honor." Both in See also:Congress and in the See also:press a See also:bitter attack was made on the president for his See also:action. In 1907 the military See also:reservation of Fort Brown was transferred to the See also:Department of See also:Agriculture. In March 1909 Congress provided for a See also:commission of See also:army See also:officers to See also:report as to the eligibility of members of the negro regiments for re-enlistment.
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