Battle of Pensacola (1781)

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Battle of Pensacola
Image:Spanish troops at Pensacola.jpg Spanish grenadiers pour into the ruins of Fort George.
Conflict: American Revolutionary War
Date: March 9 - May 8, 1781
Place: Pensacola, Florida
Outcome: Decisive Spanish victory
Combatants
Spain	Britain
Commanders
Bernardo de Gálvez	John Campbell
Strength
7,000 regulars and militia	1,600 regulars and militia
Casualties
74 dead 198 wounded	487 dead or wounded 1,113 captured
Gulf Coast Campaign Fort Bute – Baton Rouge – Fort Charlotte – St. Luis – San Jose – Mobile – Pensacola – Nassau

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 tenaciously until Spanish artillery fire breached the ramparts on May 8 and savaged his garrison.