The "Heroine of Fort Brown."

Engraved title page of pamphlet showing camp follower Sarah Borginnis "The Heroine of Fort Brown" a.k.a. "The Great Western" giving out water to U.S. soldiers during the siege of the U.S. fort (later known as Fort Texas or Fort Taylor and finally as Fort Brown) located opposite Matamoros. The siege lasted from May 1, 1846 until May 9, 1846, when the fort's garrison was relieved by victorious U.S. troops immediately following the Battle of Resaca de la Palma. See Brian Sandwich, The Great Western: Legendary Lady of the Southwest (El Paso: Texas Western Press, 1991).