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Siege of Pensacola
Part of the Gulf Coast Campaign of the
American Revolutionary War

Spanish Troops at Pensacola, Florida by H. Charles McBarron shows a grenadier officer of the Louisiana regiment urging his troops to the assault at Pensacola.
DateMarch 9 – May 10, 1781
Location
Pensacola, West Florida (present-day Florida)
30°20′52″N 87°17′50″W / 30.34778°N 87.29722°W / 30.34778; -87.29722
Result Spanish victory
Territorial
changes
Spanish gain control of West Florida
Belligerents
Siege of Pensacola Spain
Siege of Pensacola France

Siege of Pensacola Great Britain

  • Siege of Pensacola Waldeck

Choctaw

Creek
Commanders and leaders
  • Spanish Empire Bernardo de Gálvez (WIA)
  • Spanish Empire Francisco de Miranda
  • Spanish Empire José Calvo de Irazabal
  • Spanish Empire José Solano y Bote
  • Spanish Empire Juan Manuel de Cagigal
  • Kingdom of France François-Aymar de Monteil
Kingdom of Great Britain John Campbell Surrendered
Siege of Pensacola Konrad von Horn Surrendered
Strength
7,400 regulars and militia[1][2]
10,000 sailors and marines
21 ships[3] (Including 1,500 French sailors and 750 French soldiers)[4]
1,300 regulars, rangers and militia[5]
500 Natives[6][1]
Casualties and losses
95 killed
202 wounded[7][1]
155 killed
105 wounded
1,113 captured[7][1]
2 sloops captured
Pensacola is located in North America
Pensacola
Pensacola
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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.[8][1]

  1. ^ a b c d e Haarmann, Albert W. (January 1, 1966). Proctor, Samuel (ed.). "The Siege of Pensacola: An Order of Battle" (PDF). The Florida Historical Quarterly. 44 (3). Orlando, Florida, United States: Florida Historical Society: 193–199. ISSN 0015-4113. JSTOR 30145666.
  2. ^ Marley 2005, p. 590, Pensacola.
  3. ^ Mays 2009, p. 250.
  4. ^ Chaline, Olivier; Bonnichon, Philippe; de Vergennes, Charles-Philippe (2008). La France et l'Indépendance américaine [France and the American independence] (in French). Paris, France: Presses de l'Université Paris-Sorbonne. p. 357. ISBN 9782840506126. OCLC 470566431.
  5. ^ Mays 2009.
  6. ^ Chartrand 2006, p. 54.
  7. ^ a b Chávez 2003, p. 194, Twelve. A costly blow to British prestige, 1780—1781.
  8. ^ Worcester, Donald E. (January 1, 1951). Proctor, Samuel (ed.). "Miranda's Diary of the Siege of Pensacola, 1781" (PDF). The Florida Historical Quarterly. 29 (3). Orlando, Florida, United States: Florida Historical Society: 163–196. ISSN 0015-4113. JSTOR 30138821.

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