Battle of Fort Charlotte
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The Battle of Fort Charlotte, also known as the siege of Fort Charlotte, was a two-week siege conducted by Spanish general Bernardo de Gálvez against the British fortifications guarding the port of Mo
Bernardo de Gálvez
Bastion of the reconstructed fort.
Siege of Pensacola
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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 com
Battle of Fort Charlotte
…in Mobile, and left for Havana to raise the troops and equipment needed for an attack on Pensacola. Gálvez did not actually launch his successful attack on Pensacola until 1781, and then only after the garrison at Mobile fended off a counterattack by the British in January 1781. Fort Charlotte was razed in the 19th century…
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.
The Spanish forces led by Bernardo de Gálvez at the battle. Oil on canvas, Augusto Ferrer-Dalmau, 2015.
José Solano y Bote in front of Santa Rosa Bay coming to the rescue of General Gálvez
A 1783 engraving depicting the exploding magazine