Battle of Pensacola (1781)
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| Battle of Pensacola | |||||||
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| Part of the American Revolutionary War | |||||||
 Spanish grenadiers and Havana militia pour into Fort George. Oil on canvas, U.S. Army Center for Military History. |
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| Combatants | |||||||
| Spain | Britain | ||||||
| Commanders | |||||||
| Bernardo de Gálvez | John Campbell | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 7,000 regulars and militia | 3,000 regulars, sailors, militia, and natives | ||||||
| Casualties | |||||||
| 74 dead 198 wounded |
105 dead 382 wounded 2,213 captured |
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| Gulf Coast campaign |
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| 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.
