Military Wiki

Jacob Brown (July 19, 1789 – May 9, 1846) was an American army officer who was killed leading American forces at the Siege of Fort Texas in the Mexican–American War near Brownsville, Texas, a city that was named after him. Born in Massachusetts, Brown was mortally wounded on May 6, 1846. He died three days later.[1]

Promotions[]

Private, August 3, 1812
Ensign, April 15, 1814
Third Lieutenant, May 1, 1814
Union 2nd lt rank insignia Second Lieutenant, September 1, 1814
Union army 1st lt rank insignia First Lieutenant, August 18, 1819
Union army cpt rank insignia Captain, April 7, 1825
Union army maj rank insignia Major, February 27, 1843

References[]

External links[]

All or a portion of this article consists of text from Wikipedia, and is therefore Creative Commons Licensed under GFDL.
The original article can be found at Jacob Brown (Texas) and the edit history here.