On August 13, 1906, the Brownsville Incident occurred in Brownsville, a town in south Texas, where a race-related fracas occurred that resulted in the wounding of one white civilian and the death of another. White townspeople blamed the African-American soldiers of the 25th Infantry recently stationed at nearby Fort Brown. President Theodore Roosevelt discharged the entire regiment of 167 men, even though all the soldiers asserted their innocence. Roosevelt’s dismissal of the innocent soldiers is usually considered his worst mistake as president.
