Battle of Pensacola (1781)

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Gulf Coast campaign
Fort Bute – Baton Rouge – Fort Charlotte – St. Louis – Mobile – Pensacola

The Battle of Pensacola marked the culmination of Spain's reconquest of Florida from Britain during the American Revolutionary War. Commanded by Field Marshal Bernardo de Gálvez, Governor of Louisiana and architect of the successful Spanish campaign, a powerful flotilla of warships neutralized outer British defences and began an amphibious siege of the town on March 9. British Major General John Campbell clung to the sturdy defences of Fort George until Spanish artillery fire breached the ramparts on May 8 and struck a powder magazine.

External links

• [The Patriot Resource: West Florida Campaign]
• [Revolutionary War: Pensacola, Florida]

 

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