Siege of Pensacola
| Siege of Pensacola | |||||||||
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| Part of the Gulf Coast campaign | |||||||||
Spanish Troops at Pensacola, Florida by H. Charles McBarron Jr., showing the Louisiana Regiment (white coats) and the Company of Free Blacks of Havana (red coats) storming Fort George at Pensacola. | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
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Spain France | Creek | ||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
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John Campbell Konrad von Horn | ||||||||
| Strength | |||||||||
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7,400 regulars and militia 10,000 sailors and marines 21 ships (Including 1,500 French sailors and 750 French soldiers) |
1,300 regulars, rangers and militia 500 Natives | ||||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
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95 killed 202 wounded |
155 killed 105 wounded 1,113 captured 2 sloops captured | ||||||||
Pensacola Location within North America | |||||||||
The siege of Pensacola, fought from March 9 to May 10, 1781, was the culmination of Spain's conquest of West Florida during the Gulf Coast Campaign of the American Revolutionary War. The siege was commanded by Bernardo de Gálvez, whose nearly 8,000 troops ultimately overran the British forces in the region. The success of the siege resulted in Gálvez' promotion to governor of West Florida and Louisiana.