Fort Brown Reservation was named by Gen. Zachary Taylor during the Mexican War for Maj. Jacob Brown, who died in 1846 defending the post. A permanent 385-acre reservation was laid out in 1848 by Col Wm. Davenport around the original earthworks. Young officers there during Taylor's occupancy included D.C. Buell, U.S. Grant, Geo. G. Meade, and Geo. H. Thomas, who later became Civil War generals in the U.S. Army, as well as Braxton Bragg, T. H. Holmes, James Longstreet, J.C. Pemberton, and E. Kirby Smith, who later became Confederate generals. Robert E. Lee served there in the late 1850's. In March 1861, Texas Confederates under Col John S. Ford occupied the post; later C.S.A. commanders included Cols. P.N. Luckett and Aug. Buchel and Gens. H.P. Bee and J.B. Magruder. The post was burned in Nov. 1863. Federals under Gen. N.P. Banks maintained a camp of tents at Fort Brown until July 1864. After that, Gen J.S. Slaughter and Col. Ford reoccupied the post with Confederates until the war ended. Soon after the Confederate surrender at Appomatox, U.S. Gen. Philip Sheridan brought in troops for a show of force against the French in Mexico City. In 1867-69, a new permanent fort was built by Capt. Wm. A. Wainwright. The city and college acquired the reservation in 1948, and its northern boundary is International Blvd.